cliché
noun[CorU]
(alsocliche)uk/ˈkliː.ʃeɪ/us/kliːˈʃeɪ/C2
a phrase,remark, oropinionthat has very often been said orexpressedbefore and isthereforenotoriginaland notinteresting:
Myweddingday- and Iknowit's a cliché - was just thehappiestdayof mylife.我结婚那天——我知道这是老生常谈——是我一生中最幸福的一天。
Occasionally his writingslipsinto cliché.
something or someone that is not at alloriginal,surprising, orinterestingbecause it has very often beenseenbefore:
The guitar-smashingrockstarhasbecomea cliché.
All of thesegamesare set in afuturisticurbancliche where it isdarkandraining.
- If you'llforgiveme for using abookreviewer's cliché, I couldn't put it down.
- He oftenwrotetoradiopresenterscomplainingabouttheiruse of cliché.
- It's a cliche to say that thecreationsof agreatartistwillforeverliveafter them.
- The cliché was thatBritainhadterriblefood, theworstinEurope.
- Niagara Falls may be theultimatetouristcliché but itremainsone of the world's mostbreathtakingsights.
- He has beendescribedaslookinglike a cliché of alibrarian.
Linguistics: sentences & expressions
- adage
- backchannel
- clause
- coin
- complex sentence
- compound sentence
- declarative sentence
- defining
- dicta
- dictum
- epigram
- epigrammatic
- jawbreaker
- motto
- phrase
- proverbial
- sentence
- slogan
- soundbite
- tail
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Tedious and uninspiring
cliché
adjective
uk/ˈkliː.ʃeɪ/us/kliːˈʃeɪ/often said, used, or done, andthereforenotoriginaland notinteresting:
Thecityis like Disneyland. Itsoundscliché, but it’strue.
Thefilmopenswith a cliché slow-motionshotof the menwalkingtowards thecamera.
Synonym
clichéd
- It's so cliché todescribesomething as "alabouroflove".
- We don'twanttoseeany more clichécheerleaders.
- Thehorriblecheesymusicplayingin therestaurantand theheartdecorationseverywheremade theeveningcliche,uncomfortable, and not the leastbitromantic.
Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- banal
- basic
- be (as) dull as ditchwateridiom
- bland
- lifelessness
- marginal
- marmoreal
- meh
- menial
- slow
- soul-destroying
- soulless
- spinach
- staid
- stale
- stuffy
- tame
- well worn
- worthy