Associations to the word «Threadbare»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
THREADBARE, adjective. (of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show
THREADBARE, adjective. Damaged or shabby
THREADBARE, adjective. (of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material
THREADBARE, adjective. (of speech) banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed
Dictionary definition
THREADBARE, 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'".
THREADBARE, adjective. Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.