Editors and critiquers tend to find overly expressive ways to describe just how bad they think someone's writing is. Here are some over-dramatic (in my opinion) ones I've noticed. Definitions are from Google:
1.) clichéd - showing a lack of originality; based on frequently repeated phrases or opinions
2.) hackneyed - lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite
3.) trite - overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness
4.) doggerel - comic verse composed in irregular rhythm
5.) bawdy - humorously indecent talk or writing
6.) mawkish - sentimental in a feeble or sickly way
7.) disingenuous - not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does
8.) maudlin - self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness
9.) drivel - silly nonsense
10.) dreck - rubbish; trash
So if you ever feel the need to write that over-the-top review, you've got plenty of descriptors to choose from.
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