stale
🇺🇸
/steɪl/
🇬🇧
/steɪl/
adjective
R
Not fresh anymore, so it tastes bad
The stale bread was hard and not good to eat.
R
Not fresh and smells bad
The air in the closed room was stale and stuffy.
R
Not new or exciting anymore
The jokes felt stale because we heard them too many times.
R
Tired of doing the same thing for too long
After years in the same job, he felt stale and needed new challenges.
translation
Not fresh anymore, so it tastes bad; Not fresh and smells bad; Not new or exciting anymore; Tired of doing the same thing for too long
Word Forms
Comparative
staler
Superlative
stalest