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cliched

cliched is the alternative form of clichéd.

cliched is the simple past and past participle of cliche.

Meaning of clichéd

Adjective

clichéd (comparative more clichéd, superlative most clichéd)

  1. Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed.
    • While most of these small, family-owned eateries were mired in drab décor and had clichéd names like Golden Wok or China Gate, they made up for the kitsch with inexpensive prices.2015, Huping Ling, Allan W. Austin, Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia

Forms of cliched

comparativemore cliched
superlativemost cliched

Words formed from cliched

Questions about cliched

What is cliched the alternative form of?
Cliched is the alternative form of clichéd.

Words near cliched in the dictionary

  1. Clibburn
  2. clibucaine
  3. Cliburn
  4. cliche
  5. cliche'
  6. cliched
  7. clicheing
  8. cliches
  9. Clichy
  10. Clichy-sous-Bois
  11. cliché

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cliched (page history and authors); clichéd (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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