English Dictionary
Definition of “platitudinous”
Word Frequency
Synonyms
View thesaurus entry = clichéd, set, stock, tired, stereotyped, hack, commonplace, stale, overworked, banal, corny, well-worn, trite, hackneyed, vapid, truistic
Example Sentences Including 'platitudinous'
All that parents can do is to soldier on with hectoring, platitudinous instructions.Times, Sunday Times (2004)
But let us avoid any Bill which is platitudinous and essentially repetitious of what already exists and works pretty well.The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)
But never mind,' she added with platitudinous perkiness, `mustn't complain.RESCUING ROSE (2002)
Marianne would not have been so hypocritical as to kiss Moira's cheek, nor did she offer a platitudinous greeting.Out of the Ashes
Mr Blair wanted instead a platitudinous statement of principles.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Much of the speech was flummery and platitudinous but the strategic under pinning was both stark and surprising.Misc (1995)
Yet even the sagacious Christopher Butler regarded Suenens ' speech as the high point of the otherwise rather platitudinous Chur meeting.Paul VI - The First Modern Pope
Sponsored Links
Log in to comment on this word.
Comments