threadbare meaning in Malayalam
കീറിപ്പറിഞ്ഞ
/ˈθɹɛdbɛə/US/ˈθɹɛdˌbɛ(ə)ɹ/
threadbare in Malayalam: കീറിപ്പറിഞ്ഞ, പിഞ്ഞിക്കീറിയ, പിഞ്ചിയ, ഇഴപിഞ്ചിയ. In English, threadbare means of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
Malayalam words for threadbare
- old, worn, well worn
- കീറിപ്പറിഞ്ഞ, പിഞ്ഞിക്കീറിയ, പിഞ്ചിയ, ഇഴപിഞ്ചിയ, ഉപയോഗിച്ചു തേയ്മാനം വന്ന, പെരുമാറിപ്പഴകിയ
English meaning of threadbare
- adjective Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
- adjective In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
- adjective Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
- adjective An argument or assertion with little in the way of substance or supporting evidence.
Synonyms of threadbare
threadbare in other languages
Questions about threadbare in Malayalam
- What is the meaning of threadbare in Malayalam?
- Threadbare in Malayalam is കീറിപ്പറിഞ്ഞ, പിഞ്ഞിക്കീറിയ, പിഞ്ചിയ, ഇഴപിഞ്ചിയ.
- threadbare എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
- Threadbare: കീറിപ്പറിഞ്ഞ, പിഞ്ഞിക്കീറിയ, പിഞ്ചിയ, ഇഴപിഞ്ചിയ.
- What does threadbare mean in English?
- Threadbare means of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
Source and license
Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: threadbare (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: threadbare (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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