ALL meanings of banal
ba·nal
B b - adjective banal If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting. 3
- adjective banal You can refer to banal things as the banal. 3
- adjective banal lacking force or originality; trite; commonplace 3
- adjective banal dull or stale as because of overuse; trite; hackneyed; commonplace 3
- noun banal So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. 1
- adjective banal dull, ordinary, unoriginal 1
- adjective banal devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite: a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier. 1
- adjective banal Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh. 0