trite+remark
21platitude — plat•i•tude [[t]ˈplæt ɪˌtud, ˌtyud[/t]] n. 1) a dull or trite remark, esp. one uttered as if it were fresh or profound 2) the quality or state of being dull or trite • Etymology: 1805–15; < F: lit., flatness =plat flat (see plate) + itude (as… …
22cliche — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. banality, trite remark, bromide, *chestnut, old saw, *old line, *tired line, hackneyed expression, platitude, *old story, stereotype. Only something well said in the first place. William Granger …
23platitude — n. 1. Insipidity, flatness, dulness, mawkishness. 2. Truism, trite remark. 3. Twaddle, verbiage, palaver, trash, chatter, stuff, fudge, nonsense, moonshine, flummery, wish wash, balderdash, jargon, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk …
24platitude — /ˈplætətjud / (say platuhtyoohd), / tʃud/ (say choohd) noun 1. a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh and profound. 2. flatness, dullness, or triteness. {French, from plat flat. Compare French and English… …
25cliché — [n] overused, hackneyed phrase adage, banality, boiler plate*, bromide, buzzword, chestnut*, commonplace, corn*, counterword, familiar tune, motto, old story*, platitude, potboiler, prosaism, proverb, rubber stamp*, saying, shibboleth, slogan,… …
26platitude — [n] dull, overused saying banality, boiler plate*, bromide*, buzzword, chestnut*, cliché, commonplace, corn*, evenness, familiar tune*, flatness, hackneyed saying, high camp*, hokum*, inanity, insipidity, monotony, motto, old chestnut*, old… …
27triticism — n. trite remark …
28home is where the heart is — 1870 J. J. MCCLOSKEY in Goldberg & Heffner Davy Crockett & Other Plays (1940) 79 ‘As I am to become an inmate of your home, give me a sort of a panoramic view.’.. ‘Well, home, they say, is where the heart is.’ 1950 H. M. GAY Pacific Spectator IV …
29wheeze — [hwēz, wēz] vi. wheezed, wheezing [ME whesen < ON hvæsa, to hiss < IE base * k̑wes , to wheeze, snort > L queri, to lament] 1. to breathe hard with a whistling, breathy sound, as in asthma 2. to make a sound like this [the old organ… …
30bromide — n. 1 Chem. any binary compound of bromine. 2 Pharm. a preparation of usu. potassium bromide, used as a sedative. 3 a trite remark. Phrases and idioms: bromide paper a photographic printing paper coated with silver bromide emulsion …
