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    cliché-ridden

    adjective

    • 1. (especially of a film or piece of writing) full of unoriginal or overused phrases or ideas: "a cliché-ridden love-triangle melodrama"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCLICHÉ-RIDDEN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    uk / ˈkliː.ʃeɪˌrɪd. ə n / us / kliːˈʃeɪˌrɪd. ə n / Add to word list. containing a lot of clichés: a cliché-ridden speech. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Linguistics: sentences & expressions. adage. asyndetically. asyndeton. backchannel. clause. coin. complex sentence. compound sentence. concessive clause. dicta. dictum. motto. phrase.

  3. en.bab.la › dictionary › englishcliché ridden - Definition in English - bab.la

    also cliche-ridden adjective (especially of a film or piece of writing) full of unoriginal or overused phrases or ideas a cliché-ridden love-triangle melodrama the chairman offered the usual cliché-ridden statement to the media Examples Both authors were quite disparaging of cliché-ridden questions.British Yours was a welcome breath of ...

  4. www.thesaurus.com › browse › cliche-ridden98 Synonyms & Antonyms for CLICHÉ-RIDDEN | Thesaurus.com

    Find 98 different ways to say CLICHÉ-RIDDEN, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.

  5. premium-oxforddictionaries-com.libproxy.ucl.ac.ukcliché-ridden - definition of cliché-ridden in English from the...

    (also cliche-ridden) adjective (especially of a film or piece of writing) full of unoriginal or overused phrases or ideas: a cliché-ridden love-triangle melodrama

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcliché noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    noun. /ˈkliːʃeɪ/ /kliːˈʃeɪ/ (also cliche) (disapproving) [countable] a phrase or an idea that has been used so often that it no longer has much meaning and is not interesting. She trotted out the old cliché that ‘a trouble shared is a trouble halved.’. a cliché-ridden style.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCLICHÉD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    clichéd. adjective. uk / ˈkliː.ʃeɪd / us / kliːˈʃeɪd /. Add to word list. C2. often said, used, or done, and therefore not original and not interesting: He made some clichéd remark. It might sound clichéd, but knowing that you're doing something worthwhile makes a big difference. See.

  8. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › cliché-riddencliché-ridden - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Mar 15, 2019 · cliché-ridden (comparative more cliché-ridden, superlative most cliché-ridden) Dominated or plagued by clichés. a cliché-ridden romance novel