Hackneyed and Shot

Hackneyed

Hackneyed adjective - Used or heard so often as to be dull.

Shot and hackneyed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shot" instead an adjective "Hackneyed".

Nearby Word: hackney

Shot

Shot adjective - Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles.

Hackneyed and shot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hackneyed" instead an adjective "Shot".

Both words in one sentence

  • Child of the Storm has Harry Dresden inwardly note this about Wanda Maximoff in the two-shot side story Chaos Reigns, while simultaneously noting the hackneyed nature of the phrase.
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