'Banal' definitions:

Definition of 'banal'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn]

Definition of 'Banal'

From: GCIDE
  • Banal \Ban"al\, a. [F., fr. ban an ordinance.] Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite. [1913 Webster]

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