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Meaning of 'threadbare' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Threadbare [ a.]
- Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
- Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.

Meaning of 'threadbare' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . threadbare [ s]
Meaning (1):
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Example in sentence:
  • a stock answer;
  • bromidic sermons;
  • hackneyed phrases;
  • his remarks were trite and commonplace;
  • parroting some timeworn axiom;
  • repeating threadbare jokes;
  • the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
Meaning (2):
- having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
Example in sentence:
  • threadbare rugs

Nearby Words:

thracian thrack thrackscat thraldom thrall thrall-less thrall-like thralldom thranite thrapple

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