'Platitudinous' definitions:
Definition of 'platitudinous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons" [syn: bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous]
Definition of 'Platitudinous'
From: GCIDE
- Platitudinous \Plat`i*tu"di*nous\, a. Abounding in platitudes; of the nature of platitudes; uttering platitudes. -- {Plat`i*tu"di*nous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'platitudinous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aphoristic,
- axiomatic,
- back-number,
- banal,
- bewhiskered,
- bromidic,
- common,
- commonly known,
- commonplace,
- corny,
- crisp,
- current,
- cut-and-dried,
- epigrammatic,
- fade,
- familiar,
- formulaic,
- formulistic,
- fusty,
- gnomic,
- hackney,
- hackneyed,
- household,
- moth-eaten,
- musty,
- notorious,
- old hat,
- overworked,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- proverbial,
- public,
- pungent,
- sententious,
- set,
- square,
- stale,
- stereotyped,
- stock,
- succinct,
- talked-about,
- talked-of,
- terse,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- trite,
- truistic,
- universally admitted,
- universally recognized,
- unoriginal,
- warmed-over,
- well-kenned,
- well-known,
- well-recognized,
- well-understood,
- well-worn,
- widely known,
- worn,
- worn thin