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- a cliché tale of lust and betrayal among the fabulously rich
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- canned,
- cardboard,
- conventional,
- cookie-cutter,
- derivative,
- imitative,
- ready-made,
- tried-and-true,
- unimaginative,
- uninspired,
- unoriginal
- arid,
- barren,
- boring,
- colorless,
- drab,
- dreary,
- drudging,
- dry,
- dull,
- dusty,
- flat,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- humdrum,
- jading,
- jejune,
- leaden,
- mind-numbing,
- monotonous,
- numbing,
- old,
- pedantic,
- pedestrian,
- ponderous,
- prosaic,
- stodgy,
- stuffy,
- tame,
- tedious,
- tiresome,
- tiring,
- undramatic,
- uninteresting,
- vapid,
- wearisome,
- weary,
- wearying
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cliché
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of cliché (Entry 2 of 2)
- try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clichés
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From the Editors at Merriam-Webster
'Cliché': We’ve Heard It All Before
'Cliché': We’ve Heard It All Before
A word you can't avoid for something you might want to avoid
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“Cliché.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clich%C3%A9. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of cliché was in 1881
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