Bromide is a drug which used to be given to people to calm their nerves when they were worried or upset.
...a dose of bromide.
2. countable noun
A bromide is a comment which is intended to calm someone down when they are angry, but which has been expressed so often that it has become boring and meaningless.
[formal]
The meeting produced the usual bromides about the environment.
More Synonyms of bromide
bromide in British English
(ˈbrəʊmaɪd)
noun
1.
any salt of hydrobromic acid, containing the monovalent ion Br– (bromide ion)
2.
any compound containing a bromine atom, such as methyl bromide
3.
a dose of sodium or potassium bromide given as a sedative
4.
a.
a trite saying; platitude
b.
a dull or boring person
Word origin
C19, C20 (cliché): from brom(ine) + -ide
bromide in American English
(ˈbroʊˌmaɪd)
noun
1.
a compound in which bromine is combined with a certain element, radical, etc., as silver bromide or methyl bromide
2.
potassium bromide, KBr, used in medicine as a sedative
3. US
a trite saying; platitude
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈplatiˌtude
Word origin
bromo- + -ide; (sense 3) from association with dullness of mind
Examples of 'bromide' in a sentence
bromide
Finally Traveller mixed a solution of a bromide salt in my tea.
Baxter, Stephen ANTI-ICE
Hence what one might call our bromide policy of allowing them individual cells and extra privileges.
Parkes, Roger RIOT
All related terms of 'bromide'
bromide paper
a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide
methyl bromide
a colourless poisonous gas or volatile liquid with an odour resembling that of chloroform , used as a solvent and extinguishant . Formula: CH 3 Br
silver bromide
a yellowish insoluble powder that darkens when exposed to light: used in making photographic emulsions . Formula: AgBr
sodium bromide
a white, crystalline compound, NaBr, used in medicine as a sedative and in photography to produce silver bromide
hydrogen bromide
a colourless pungent gas used in organic synthesis . Formula: HBr
potassium bromide
a white crystalline soluble substance with a bitter saline taste used in making photographic papers and plates and in medicine as a sedative . Formula: KBr
(noun)
Definition
a boring, meaningless, or obvious remark
The same old bromides were used to justify failure.
Synonyms
platitude
politicians spouting the same old platitudes
cliché
I've learned that the cliché about life not being fair is true.
banality
His ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me.
truism
the truism that nothing succeeds like success
commonplace
It is a commonplace to say that the poetry of the first world war was greater than that of the second.
chestnut (informal)
old saw
trite remark
hackneyed saying or phrase
Additional synonyms
in the sense of banality
His ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me.
Synonyms
cliché,
commonplace,
platitude,
truism,
bromide (informal),
old chestnut,
stock phrase,
trite phrase
in the sense of cliché
I've learned that the cliché about life not being fair is true.