HOARY


Meaning of HOARY in English

adj. 25B6; adjective

hoary cobwebs : GREYISH-WHITE, grey, white, silver, silvery; frosty; poetic/literary rimy.

a hoary ancient : GREY-HAIRED, white-haired, silver-haired, grizzled; elderly, aged, old, long in the tooth; informal getting on, over the hill.

a hoary old adage : TRITE, hackneyed, clichéd, banal, commonplace, predictable, overused, stale, time-worn, tired, unimaginative, unoriginal, uninspired; informal old hat, corny; N. Amer. informal cornball.

young, original.

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