Associations to the word «Banal»
Noun
- Extraordinary
- Joel
- Nationalism
- Originality
- Ordinary
- Reviewer
- Realism
- Nr
- Lyric
- Phrase
- Lordship
- Oven
- Weekly
- Na
- Conversation
- Pickering
- Jorge
- Evil
- Ko
- Critic
- Myth
- Dialogue
- Remark
- Script
- Melody
- Miguel
- Bout
- Tenant
- Hymn
- Destiny
- Viewer
- Comment
- Boxing
- Chorus
- Poetry
- Object
- Novel
- Painting
- Scene
- Detail
- Self
- Subject
- Terror
- Writing
- Humanity
- Theme
- Existence
- Beauty
- Entertainment
- Talk
- Something
- Verse
- Lesson
- Poet
- Message
- Plot
- Explanation
- Review
Adjective
| 1 |
Wiktionary
BANAL, adjective. Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
Dictionary definition
BANAL, 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'".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.