cliché
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4.6
- noun
- /kliˈʃeɪ/
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- His speech included several tired clichés that made it feel unoriginal.
- an old cliché
- a tired cliché
- become a cliché
Examples
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You make me sound like a horrible cliché.
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And now, as the cliché has it, what can I do for you, Inspector?
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So let me throw that other cliché out at you.
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Maybe even your final moment is a cliché around here.
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Now, I know it's become a bit cliché in the tech world,
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Another question to consider relates to the old cliché: which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Academic text (2011) -
And I became a complete rock-and-roll cliché.
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To paraphrase an old cliché, this number may be only the tip of the iceberg.
Academic text (1990) -
And yet, to the extent this cliché tells a true story, it has an unexpected denouement.
Academic text (1990) -
There's nothing better than reading a script that spins clichés around into something fresh.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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7.7
A remark used so often that it sounds dull and gives no new idea
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7.2
An idea or remark that is very obvious and boring
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7.9
A story or joke people tell so often that it becomes boring
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8.3
A boring, unoriginal saying people use too often
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4.1
An ordinary remark or idea that is not new
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3.3
A common saying used so often it sounds tired
Antonyms
Compounds
How Clichéd
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cliché comes from the French verb clicher, which was linked to the small 'click' sound made when a printing plate was pressed to copy an image. Because those plates printed the same picture or line many times, cliché came to mean a phrase or idea used again and again until it lost its original power.