"threadbare" in German threadbare fadenscheinig threadbare {adj.} verschlissen abgenutzt abgetragen Detailed translations for "threadbare" threadbare threadbare(also: spurious) fadenscheinig{adjectiv} ragged and torn... patches of it threadbare as old cheesecloth, and that was... frightening. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Ozonschicht, zerrissen und löchrig, fadenscheinig wie ein altes Tuch. Das hat... mir Angst gemacht. threadbare{adjectiv} threadbare(also: worn down, abraded) verschlissen threadbare(also: worn, worn out, attrited, stale) abgenutzt threadbare(also: worn-out) abgetragen{adjectiv} English synonyms for "threadbare" threadbare {s} banal commonplace hackneyed old-hat shopworn stock(a) timeworn tired trite well-worn