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smelly
Having an unpleasant smell
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  1. Having an unpleasant smell
  2. Having a noticeable, usually unpleasant or offensive odor.
  3. Having a bad smell.
mawkish
Excessively and objectionably sentimental.
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  1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental.
  2. So weakly or insipidly sentimental as to be sickening
  3. Having a sweet, weak, sickening taste; insipid or nauseating
hackneyed
Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
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  1. Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
  2. Made trite by overuse
  3. Repeated too often.
fusty
Smelling of mildew or decay; musty.
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  1. Smelling of mildew or decay; musty.
  2. Not up-to-date; old-fashioned; conservative
  3. Smelling stale or stuffy; musty; moldy
flat
Of or relating to a hierarchy with relatively few tiers or levels:
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  1. Of or relating to a hierarchy with relatively few tiers or levels:
  2. Having lost effervescence or sparkle:
  3. Not glossy; matte:
banal
Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite:
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  1. Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite:
  2. Dull or stale as because of overuse; trite; hackneyed; commonplace
bromidic
Trite or dull
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  1. Trite or dull
  2. Stale, trite, or commonplace through overuse; clichéd:
commonplace
Uninteresting; unremarkable:
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  1. Uninteresting; unremarkable:
  2. Neither new nor interesting; obvious or ordinary
  3. Ordinary; common:
corny
Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
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  1. Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
  2. Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
  3. (Informal) Unsophisticated, old-fashioned, trite, sentimental, etc.
hackneyed
Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
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  1. Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
  2. Made trite by overuse
  3. Repeated too often.
musty
Having a stale, moldy smell or taste, as an unused room, food kept in a damp place, etc.
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  1. Having a stale, moldy smell or taste, as an unused room, food kept in a damp place, etc.
  2. Stale or trite; worn-out; antiquated
  3. Out of use or practice; rusty.
overused
(Of a word or phrase) hackneyed or clichéd
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  1. (Of a word or phrase) hackneyed or clichéd
  2. Used too much, or too often
overworked
Being subjected to too much work
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  1. Being subjected to too much work
shopworn
Not fresh; tired or cliché
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  1. Not fresh; tired or cliché
  2. Drab, dull, trite, etc.
  3. Used, as a sample item in a retail store
stereotyped
Of or relating to stereotypy:
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  1. Of or relating to stereotypy:
  2. Unoriginal; stereotypical.
  3. Lacking originality, creativity, or individuality.
stereotypic
Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a stereotype; stereotypical
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  1. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a stereotype; stereotypical
stereotypical
Hackneyed; trite
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  1. Hackneyed; trite
  2. Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional
  3. Banal, commonplace and clichéd because of overuse
threadbare
Worn down so that the threads show; having the nap or surface fibers worn off
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  1. Worn down so that the threads show; having the nap or surface fibers worn off
  2. That has lost freshness or novelty; stale
  3. (Of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material
timeworn
Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed
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  1. Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed
  2. Used too often; trite:
  3. Showing the effects of wear due to long use
tired
Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.
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  1. Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.
  2. Impatient; bored:
  3. Overused; hackneyed:
trite
Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed.
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  1. Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed.
  2. Worn out by constant use; no longer having freshness, originality, or novelty; stale
warmed-over
(Of cooked food) reheated
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  1. (Of cooked food) reheated
  2. Warmed up; reheated:
  3. Presented again, without freshness or significant change
well-worn
Carried or worn in a becoming manner:
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  1. Carried or worn in a becoming manner:
  2. Overused; trite
  3. Showing signs of much wear or use.
worn-out
No longer effective, usable, or serviceable due to wear or overuse
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  1. No longer effective, usable, or serviceable due to wear or overuse
  2. Exhausted or fatigued from exertion.
  3. Exhausted; tired out
Find another word for stale. In this page you can discover 36 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for stale, like: spoiled, dried, smelly, mawkish, hackneyed, fusty, musty, old, dull, flat and banal.

Sentence Examples

  • The room smelled of stale air and mold.

  • The copper tray hit the bottom of the can with a loud clatter, spewing ashes into the stale office air.

  • It had the stale smell of an abandoned building.

  • Prince Vasili always spoke languidly, like an actor repeating a stale part.

  • I bet that will be as popular with the police as internal affairs or stale donuts.

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