hackneyed
adjectiveMade stale or unoriginal through excessive use.
Stale through overuse
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Clear all filtersMade stale or unoriginal through excessive use.
Stale through overuse
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Peaceful, happy, and prosperous, often in recollection.
Someone who stays near a person or group mainly to obtain personal benefit.
Lacking a clear plan, method, or orderly arrangement.
Relating to the sense of touch.
A lengthy and forceful speech, often critical or scolding.
A sign or forerunner of something approaching.
An old-fashioned, disparaging term for a woman who sells sexual services.
Arrogantly proud and disdainful toward others.
Relating to pleasure or the experience of enjoyment.
A model of adaptation in which gains or losses in happiness may fade as people become accustomed to changed circumstances.
Adaptation in happiness
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Treating pleasure as a central aim of life or conduct.
To pay careful attention to advice, a warning, or another signal.
Dominant influence or leadership over others.
A belief sharply opposed to an established doctrine or accepted view.
Reluctance or delay in acting because of doubt or uncertainty.
Reluctance or uncertainty
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An arrangement of people or things in ranked levels.
Using power without proper regard for other people's rights or concerns.
Disregarding others' rights
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Having abundant hair.
A sermon or a lecture offering moral advice.
Consisting of similar elements or having a relatively uniform composition.
Relating to the cultivation of gardens or plants.
Concerning garden cultivation
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Strong ill will, antagonism, or active opposition.
Deceptive or insincere talk, conduct, or pretense.
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