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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

  1. 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.
  2. adjective In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
  3. adjective Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
  4. adjective An argument or assertion with little in the way of substance or supporting evidence.

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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.

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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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