Much of the riots' coverage was taken from the cell phones of passersby, saving local news outlets valuable film which they would later use for banal "human" "interest" "stories."
Source: tatoeba (717943)
Banal
//bəˈnɑːl//
Synonyms for "banal" (175 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Adjective(15 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (53)
Adjective(24 words)
dreichdrowsydulldull as dishwaterdumbeverydayflatgarden varietygeneralhackneyedheavy goingho-humhoaryhumdruminsipidintraordinarylacklusterlamelanguidlifeless
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (87)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
10 entriesderived
5 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 43 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Arabic
2 entries- بَايِخ adj (common)
- عَادِيّ adj (common)
Armenian
4 entries- անհամ adj (common)
- բանալ adj (common)
- ծեծված adj (common)
- տափակ adj (common)
Belarusian
2 entries- бана́льны adj (common)
- звыча́йны adj (common)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бана́лен adj (common)
- обикнове́н adj (common)
Catalan
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 平凡 adj (common)
- 平常 adj (common)
- 平庸 adj (common)
Czech
1 entries- banální adj (common)
Danish
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Dutch
2 entries- banaal adj (common)
- gewoontjes adj (common)
Esperanto
1 entries- banala adj (common)
Finnish
2 entries- itsestään selvä adj (common)
- lattea adj (common)
French
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Galician
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Georgian
2 entries- ბანალური adj (common)
- ჩვეულებრივი adj (common)
German
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Greek
1 entries- μπανάλ adj (common)
Hebrew
2 entries- בָּנָלִי adj (common)
- שטחי adj (common)
Hungarian
1 entries- banális adj (common)
Indonesian
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Interlingua
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Italian
1 entries- banale adj (common)
Japanese
2 entries- ありふれた adj (common)
- 陳腐な adj (common)
Korean
4 entries- 따분하다 adj (common)
- 시시하다 adj (common)
- 진부(陳腐)하다 adj (common)
- 평범하다 adj (common)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тамтыгы чыккан adj (common)
Lithuanian
1 entries- banalus adj (common)
Macedonian
1 entries- банален adj (common)
Malay
2 entries- banal adj (common)
- basi adj (common)
Māori
1 entries- mākihakiha adj (common)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Polish
1 entries- banalny adj (common)
Portuguese
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Romanian
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Russian
3 entries- бана́льный adj (common)
- изби́тый adj (common)
- обыкнове́нный adj (common)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bànālan adj (common)
- ба̀на̄лан adj (common)
Slovak
1 entries- banálny adj (common)
Slovene
1 entries- banalen adj (common)
Spanish
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Swedish
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Turkish
1 entries- banal adj (common)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бана́льний adj (common)
- звича́йний adj (common)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhàm adj (common)
West-Frisian
1 entries- plat adj (common)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
His photographs are unsparingly critical, and his inimitable eye unmasks the banal as well as the grotesque.
Source: tatoeba (1248182)
I don't need your banal platitudes.
Source: tatoeba (5282338)
He was asking banal questions.
Source: tatoeba (9539922)
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