bromidic
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9.9
- adjective
- /broʊˈmɪdɪk/
- Her bromidic responses during the discussion revealed a lack of original thought.
Examples
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The speaker's bromidic comments failed to inspire any enthusiasm in the audience.
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I didn't like seeing Margaret, an ordinarily pragmatic woman, reduced to such bromidic assumptions.
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♪ ♪ I'm bromidic and bright ♪ ♪ As a moon happy night pouring light on the dew!
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♪ ♪ I'm as trite and as gay As a daisy in May, ♪ ♪ A cliché coming true! ♪ ♪ I'm bromidic and bright ♪ ♪ As a moon happy night pouring light on the dew ♪ ♪ I'm in love
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Despite his efforts, his bromidic approach to storytelling left everyone feeling uninterested.
Synonyms
80
5.8
Not original and trying to be touching but it feels silly
37
3.1
Not new or interesting because of repetition
26
6.6
Not new or interesting because it is used too often
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7.2
Used so often that it feels boring
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6.2
Not showing new ideas or creative thinking
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4.8
Made in a simple, predictable way so many things look the same
9
7.8
Dull and old-fashioned, not interesting or new
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5.4
Not new because people use it too often and it is easy to guess
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7.6
No longer original or interesting because people use it so often
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3.4
Not new or creative like ideas you have heard before
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5.1
Showing the same thing again and again in a boring way
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6.4
An idea or phrase used so often that it is no longer interesting
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7.4
Used so often it feels like a boring idea
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9.9
Full of old or obvious ideas that seem important
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7.3
Old-fashioned and stale in style or ideas
1
8.7
Not new and full of old ideas used in jokes or stories
1
8.4
A little silly and too sentimental, feeling fake
1
9.9
Not original, dull and trying to seem important
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8.6
Not new or creative
Antonyms
How Trite
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bromidic comes from the noun bromide, a chemical once used to 'calm' people and make them sleepy, and so writers began to call dull, overused phrases 'bromides'. So something bromidic is like that drug: it makes speech feel sleepy and unoriginal.