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stale
- pronunciation:
- steIl
- parts of speech:
- adjective, transitive verb & intransitive verb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
staler, stalest |
| definition 1: |
having lost the moisture, taste, effervescence, or the like that is associated with freshness.
a stale muffinstale beer- synonyms:
- dry, wilted
- antonyms:
- fresh
- similar words:
- bland, flat, fusty, insipid, moldy, musty, old, sour, stagnant, stuffy, tasteless, vapid
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| definition 2: |
boring because of overuse or unoriginality.
a stale idea- synonyms:
- banal, hackneyed, shopworn, tired, trite
- antonyms:
- fresh, hot, original
- similar words:
- bland, boring, commonplace, corny, dull, flat, humdrum, insipid, old, old hat, overused, stock, uninspired, unoriginal, vapid, worn, worn-out
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| definition 3: |
of a person, having lost energy, originality, or motivation.
- synonyms:
- stagnant, unoriginal
- similar words:
- bland, dead, dull, effete, fusty, insipid, old-fashioned, sluggish, tired, uncreative, weary
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| related words: |
bad, banal, barren, cliché, dreary, dry, hack, pedestrian, prosaic, rancid, threadbare |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
staled, stales, staling |
| definition: |
to make or become stale.
- synonyms:
- dull, stagnate, wilt
- similar words:
- deaden, decay, dry, flatten, mold, sour, spoil
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| derivations: |
stalely (adv.), staleness (n.) |
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