prosaic 音标拼音: [proz'eɪk]
a . 散文的,散文体的,散文性的
散文的,散文体的,散文性的
prosaic adj 1 :
not fanciful or imaginative ; "
local guides describe the history of various places in matter -
of -
fact tones "; "
a prosaic and unimaginative essay " [
synonym : {
matter -
of -
fact },
{
prosaic }]
2 :
lacking wit or imagination ; "
a pedestrian movie plot " [
synonym :
{
pedestrian }, {
prosaic }, {
prosy }, {
earthbound }]
3 :
not challenging ;
dull and lacking excitement ; "
an unglamorous job greasing engines " [
synonym : {
commonplace }, {
humdrum },
{
prosaic }, {
unglamorous }, {
unglamourous }]
Prosaic \
Pro *
sa "
ic \,
Prosaical \
Pro *
sa "
ic *
al \,
a . [
L .
prosaius ,
from prosa prose :
cf .
F ,.
prosa ["
i ]
que .
See {
Prose }.]
1 .
Of or pertaining to prose ;
resembling prose ;
in the form of prose ;
unpoetical ;
writing or using prose ;
as ,
a prosaic composition . --
Cudworth .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Dull ;
uninteresting ;
commonplace ;
unimaginative ;
prosy ;
as ,
a prosaic person . --
Ed .
Rev .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Pro *
sa "
ic *
al *
ly },
adv . --
{
Pro *
sa "
ic *
al *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "
prosaic ":
Attic ,
Spartan ,
actual ,
arid ,
ascetic ,
austere ,
bald ,
banal ,
banausic ,
bare ,
barren ,
bland ,
boring ,
breadwinning ,
businesslike ,
candid ,
characterless ,
chaste ,
classic ,
classical ,
cliched ,
commercial ,
common ,
commonplace ,
dead ,
direct ,
drab ,
dry ,
dull ,
earthbound ,
everyday ,
factual ,
flat ,
frank ,
garden ,
garden -
variety ,
hackneyed ,
ho -
hum ,
homely ,
homespun ,
household ,
humdrum ,
infecund ,
infertile ,
insipid ,
irksome ,
jejune ,
lackluster ,
lean ,
lifeless ,
literal ,
lowly ,
lusterless ,
materialistic ,
matter -
of -
fact ,
mediocre ,
moneymaking ,
monotonous ,
mouldy ,
mundane ,
natural ,
neat ,
nondescript ,
open ,
ordinary ,
overdone ,
pedestrian ,
plain ,
plain -
speaking ,
plain -
spoken ,
poetryless ,
practicable ,
practical ,
prose ,
prosing ,
prosy ,
pure ,
pure and simple ,
realistic ,
routine ,
run -
of -
the -
mill ,
rustic ,
severe ,
simple ,
simple -
speaking ,
sober ,
spare ,
staid ,
stale ,
stark ,
stereotyped ,
stock ,
stolid ,
straightforward ,
stuffy ,
tedious ,
threadbare ,
tired ,
tiresome ,
trite ,
unadorned ,
unaffected ,
undistinguished ,
unembellished ,
uneventful ,
unexceptional ,
unfanciful ,
unideal ,
unidealistic ,
unimaginative ,
unimpassioned ,
uninspired ,
uninteresting ,
uninventive ,
unnoteworthy ,
unoriginal ,
unpoetic ,
unpoetical ,
unromantic ,
unromanticized ,
unvarnished ,
utilitarian ,
vapid ,
workaday ,
workday ,
working
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