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prosaic
What does prosaic mean?
prosaic (adjective): lacking wit or imagination.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use prosaic in a sentence?
- She soon grew tired of her prosaic life. (Tatoeba sentence #10803326 by Lebensfreude, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce prosaic?
/pɹoʊˈzeɪɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does prosaic come from?
From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of prosaic?
Words related to prosaic
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “prosaic” mean?
shockingly brutal or cruel
Not quite: that's what monstrous means.
widespread; very prevalent
Not quite: that's what ubiquitous means.
lacking wit or imagination
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offering little or no hope
Not quite: that's what bleak means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “prosaic”?
despicable
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pedestrian
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hereditary
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disruptive
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