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[ plat-i-tood-n-uhs, -tyood- ] / ˌplæt ɪˈtud n əs, -ˈtyud- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR platitudinous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecharacterized by or given to platitudes. of the nature of or resembling a platitude. Origin of platitudinous1855–60; platitude + -inous (see platitudinal, -ous) OTHER WORDS FROM platitudinousplat·i·tu·di·nous·ly, adverbplat·i·tu·di·nous·ness, nounnon·plat·i·tu·di·nous, adjectivenon·plat·i·tu·di·nous·ly, adverb un·plat·i·tu·di·nous, adjectiveun·plat·i·tu·di·nous·ly, adverbun·plat·i·tu·di·nous·ness, noun Words nearby platitudinousplatinum metal, platitude, platitudinal, platitudinarian, platitudinize, platitudinous, Plato, Platonic, Platonic love, Platonic or platonic, Platonic solid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for platitudinousEveryone this side of Charles Krauthammer agrees that Romney was general and platitudinous and not that engaged. Reality Vs. 'Reality'|Michael Tomasky|October 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST He had to deal with concrete illustrations, instead of expanding into platitudinous generalities. Hours in a Library|Leslie Stephen It used to be axiomatic, platitudinous, that Frenchwomen dressed better than Englishwomen. France|Gordon Cochrane Home Now Poussin is, or appears to be, in many of his works a dramatic painter, and for us his drama is platitudinous. Essays on Art|A. Clutton-Brock
The stoutest heart may fail, without blame, before the flat-footed pedestrianism of these platitudinous volumes. The Glory of English Prose|Stephen Coleridge The other responded with a tiny shrug as if he deprecated the platitudinous nature of the remark. The Pursuit|Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
Words related to platitudinousbanal, bathetic, bromidic, chain, cliché, clichéd, common, commonplace, corny, drained, dull, exhausted, flat, hackneyed, hokey, jejune, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, ordinary |