How to pronounce "hackneyed"

• "hackneyed" pronounced in English.

Meanings and definitions of "hackneyed"

Adjective

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

Synonyms:

• banal
• commonplace
• hackneyed
• old-hat
• shopworn
• stock
• threadbare
• timeworn
• tired
• trite
• well-worn