English-Thai Dictionary

threadbare

ADJ เก่า จน หมด ขน (เสื้อผ้า  เก่า มาก  shabby seedy ragged kao-jon-kai-mod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THREADBARE, THREDBARE

a.[thread and bare. ] Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; as a threadbare coat; threadbare clothes. 1. Worn out; trite; hackneyed; used till it has lost its novelty or interest; as a threadbare subject; state topics and threadbare quotations.

 

THREADBARENESS, THREDBARENESS

n.The state of being threadbare or trite.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

THREADBARE

THREADBARE Thread "bare `, a.

 

1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. "A threadbare cope. " Chaucer.

 

2. Fig. : Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. Swift.

 

THREADBARENESS

THREADBARENESS Thread "bare `ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being threadbare.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

threadbare

thread bare |ˈTHredˌber ˈθrɛdˌbɛ (ə )r | ▶adjective (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings ) becoming thin and tattered with age: shabby rooms with threadbare carpets. • (of a person, building, or room ) poor or shabby in appearance. • (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc. ) used so often that it is no longer effective: the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés.

 

Oxford Dictionary

threadbare

thread |bare |ˈθrɛdbɛː | ▶adjective (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings ) becoming thin and tattered with age: tatty rooms with threadbare carpets. • (of a person, building, or room ) poor or shabby in appearance. • (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc. ) used so often that it is no longer effective: the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

threadbare

threadbare adjective a threadbare carpet: worn, well-worn, old, thin, worn out, holey, moth-eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered; decrepit, shabby, scruffy, unkempt; having seen better days, falling apart at the seams, falling to pieces, tatty, ratty, the worse for wear, raggedy, dog-eared; informal raggedy-ass.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

threadbare

threadbare adjective 1 a threadbare carpet: worn, well worn, old, thin, worn out, holey, moth-eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered; decrepit, shabby, scruffy, unkempt; having seen better days, falling apart at the seams, in shreds, in tatters, falling to pieces; informal tatty, ratty, the worse for wear; N. Amer. informal raggedy, raggedy-ass; Austral. informal warby; rare out at elbows. ANTONYMS pristine. 2 his threadbare excuses: hackneyed, trite, banal, vapid, platitudinous, clichéd, cliché -ridden, stock, conventional, unoriginal, derivative, overused, overworked, worn out, tired, stale, dull, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, routine, humdrum, stereotyped; informal old hat, corny, played out; rare truistic, bromidic. ANTONYMS original, fresh.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

threadbare

thr é ad b à re 形容詞 1 〈布 じゅうたんなどが 〉すり切れた, 使い [着 ]古した .2 〈議論 考えなどが 〉陳腐な, 古臭い .3 〈人が 〉ぼろをまとった, みすぼらしい .