English to English
adjective
- Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Bromidic sermons.
His remarks were trite and commonplace.
Hackneyed phrases.
A stock answer.
Repeating threadbare jokes.
Parroting some timeworn axiom.
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'.
source: WordNet 3.0
- having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
Threadbare rugs.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [zrédber] Gasgás; mapurol
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
