Synonym: banal, commonplace, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn. Similar words: sickness, thickness, eye disease, homesickness, hackles, keep an eye on, ramshackle, acknowledge. Meaning: ['hæglə(r)] 
adj. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
adj. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. (31) He sometimes slips into rather dreadful puns and hackneyed language.
(32) If the theme were hackneyed, I should be obliged to deal gently with the reader.
More similar words: sickness, thickness, eye disease, homesickness, hackles, keep an eye on, ramshackle, acknowledge, acknowledgement, see eye to eye, backpack, annoyed, delayed, arrayed, decayed, nickname, knee, overjoyed, knell, kneel, eyes, eye, money, honey, knee-jerk, weakness, darkness, bonney, eyewash, eyelid.