threadbare
English
/ˈθɹɛdbɛə(ɹ)/
adj
Definitions
- (of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show
- damaged or shabby
- (of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material
- banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed
Etymology
Compound from English thread + English bare (naked).
Origin
English
bare
Gloss
naked
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bare English
- bare-arse English
- bare-bum English
- bare-butt English
- barearse English
- bareass English
- bareback English
- barebacked English
- bareboat English
- barebone English
- barebow English
- barebutt English
- barechested English
- barefaced English
- barefast English
- barefoot English
- barefooted English
- barehand English
- barehanded English
- bareheaded English
- bareish English
- barelegged English
- barely English
- barenecked English
- bareness English
- barer English
- bareroot English
- baresark English
- bareskin English
- barest English
- bareth English
- bareword English
- downthread English
- goldthread English
- interthread English
- megathread English
- microthread English
- misthread English
- multithread English
- nanothread English
- packthread English
- permathread English
- prethread English
- protothread English
- rethread English
- subthread English
- thread English
- threadability English
- threadable English
- threadbareness English
- threaden English
- threader English
- threadest English
- threadeth English
- threadfin English
- threadfish English
- threadful English
- threadish English
- threadless English
- threadlike English
- threadmaker English
- threadmill English
- threadsafe English
- threadwork English
- threadworm English
- thready English
- unbare English
- unthread English
- upthread English
- thread Italian
- thread French
- тред Russian
- thread Portuguese
- スレッド Japanese
- bare Middle English
- thred Middle English
- bare
- barer
- barely
- unbare
- thread
- barest
- bareth
- thready
- barebow
- bareass
- bareish
- barearse
- bare-bum
- bareword
- barefoot
- baresark
- bareness
- bareskin
- unthread
- barehand
- threader
- bareboat
- bareroot
- barebone
- threaden
- barefast
- upthread
- bareback
- barebutt
- rethread
- threadfin
- barefaced
- bare-butt
- misthread
- threadest
- threadful
- bare-arse
- prethread
- subthread
- threadeth
- threadish
- threadworm
- threadwork
- goldthread
- barenecked
- threadfish
- bareheaded
- threadable
- megathread
- downthread
- threadless
- barefooted
- barebacked
- threadsafe
- barehanded
- threadmill
- barelegged
- threadlike
- packthread
- nanothread
- protothread
- interthread
- multithread
- threadmaker
- barechested
- permathread
- microthread
- threadability
- threadbareness