Cliches

How many syllables in Cliches?

cliches has 2 syllables

Split Cliches into syllables?

clich-es

Definition of Cliches

a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.

How should Cliches divide into syllables

The first syllable 'cli' has one vowel 'i' and two consonants 'c' and 'l'. The second syllable 'chés' has two vowels 'é' and 'e' and four consonants 'c', 'h', 's', and 's'.

Part of Speech - Cliches

Noun

The writer used too many cliches in his story.

Sentences with Cliches

  • She avoided using cliches in her speech.
  • The movie was full of cliches.
  • The coach's speech was nothing but cliches.
  • I rolled my eyes when he used that cliche.
  • The author's writing was fresh and free of cliches.
  • The politician's speech was full of tired cliches.
  • She tried to come up with an original idea, instead of resorting to cliches.
  • The speech was filled with cliches and lacked originality.
  • The teacher warned the students against using cliches in their writing.
  • The book was criticized for relying too heavily on cliches.

Quotes with Cliches

  • Cliches are what make you understand something.
  • Cliches, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality, that is, against the claim on our thinking attention that all events and facts make by virtue of their existence.
  • Cliches are the armature of the hack writer's prose; they are what enable him to limp from line to line and page to page.
  • A cliche is a cliché precisely because it works.
  • Cliches are the hobgoblins of little minds.
  • A cliche is a truth so general and well-known that every writer has to use it sooner or later, and which every reader recognises as soon as he sees it.
  • Cliches are the coins that come out of the slot machine of discourse.
  • Cliches are the symptoms, not the causes of emotional vagueness.
  • Cliches are expressions that have been drained of their original force by overuse.
  • Cliches are the hand-me-downs of speech.

Number of characters in Cliches

7 ( c, l, i, c, h, e, s )

Unique letters in Cliches

6 ( c, l, i, h, e, s )

Cliches Backwards

sehcilc

Phonetic Transcription of Cliches

IPA (International): kli:ˈʃeɪz

ARA (American): kliˈʃez

EPA (English): kli:ˈʃeɪz

KLIY-SHEY-Z