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   stale

   /steɪl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry: "stale bread" Similar drydried outhardhardenedoldpast its bestpast its sell-by dateoffmouldyrottendecayedunfreshrancidrankOpposite fresh
   • ▪ no longer new and interesting or exciting: "their marriage had gone stale" Similar hackneyedtiredworn outoverworkedthreadbarewarmed-upbanaltritestockstereotypedclichédrun-of-the-millcommonplaceplatitudinousunoriginalderivativeunimaginativeuninspiredflatout of dateoutdatedoutmodedpasséarchaicobsoletedefunctantiquatedwarmed-overinformal:old hatcornyout of the arkplayed outpast their sell-by datehackyOpposite original
   • ▪ (of a person) no longer able to perform well or creatively because of having done something for too long: "a top executive tends to get stale"
   • ▪ (of a cheque or legal claim) invalid because out of date: "justifications for adverse possession go beyond stale claims"

   verb

   • 1. make or become stale: "she would cut up yesterday's leftover bread, staling now"

   Word Origin Middle English (describing beer in the sense ‘clear from long standing, strong’): probably from Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from estaler ‘to halt’; compare with the verb stall.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stalely adverb
   • 2. staleness noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   Synonyms for STALE: cliche, stereotyped, tired, hackneyed, trite, boring, commonplace, shopworn; Antonyms of STALE: fresh, new, original, novel, exciting, stimulating, interesting, involving.

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   Synonyms and antonyms of stale in English. stale. adjective. These are words and phrases related to stale. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of stale. These old peanuts taste stale. Open the windows and get rid of this stale air. Synonyms. flat. not fresh. vapid. tasteless. savorless. fusty. musty.

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   flat. uninspiring. adj. #. boring. , flat. Another way to say Stale? Synonyms for Stale (other words and phrases for Stale).

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   Synonyms for STALE in English: old, hard, dry, decayed, fetid, musty, stagnant, fusty, tasteless, flat, ….

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   Synonyms for STALE: spoiled, flat, dried, smelly, hackneyed, banal, commonplace, mawkish, corny, musty, fusty, shopworn, stereotyped, threadbare, dusty, trite; Antonyms for STALE: fresh, new, underused, current.

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    stale. WordReference English Thesaurus © 2024. Sense: Adjective: no longer fresh - food, etc. Synonyms:

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    Synonyms for stale in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for stale. 55 synonyms for stale: old, hard, dry, decayed, fetid, musty, stagnant, fusty, tasteless, flat, sour, insipid, unoriginal, banal, trite, common, flat.... What are synonyms for stale?