corny
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corn·y
(kôr′nē)adj. corn·i·er, corn·i·est
Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental.
[From corn.]
corn′i·ly adv.
corn′i·ness n.
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corny
(ˈkɔːnɪ)adj, cornier or corniest
1. trite or banal
2. sentimental or mawkish
3. abounding in corn
[C16 (C20 in the sense rustic, banal): from corn1 + -y1]
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corn•y
(ˈkɔr ni)adj. corn•i•er, corn•i•est.
Informal. old-fashioned, trite, or mawkishy sentimental: corny jokes; corny music.
[1930–35]
corn′i•ly, adv.
corn′i•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | corny - dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons" unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham |
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corny
adjective (Slang)
1. unoriginal, banal, trite, hackneyed, dull, old-fashioned, stereotyped, commonplace, feeble, stale, cheesy (informal), old hat I know it sounds corny, but I'm not motivated by money.
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corny
adjectiveWithout freshness or appeal because of overuse:
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Translations
مُبتَذَل، سَخـيف
otřepanývšední
forslidtfortærsket
margtugginn, útjaskaîur
nuvalkiotas
banālsnodrāzts
adîbayat
corny
[ˈkɔːnɪ] ADJ (cornier (compar) (corniest (superl))) [joke, story] → trillado, muy visto; [film, play] → sensiblero, sentimentalCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
corny
[ˈkɔːrni] adj [joke, dialogue] → rebattu(e), galvaudé(e)to sound corny
I know it sounds corny, but → Je sais que ça paraît bébette, mais ...
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corny
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
corny
[ˈkɔːnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (unoriginal) → banale; (sentimental) → sdolcinato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
corny
(ˈkoːni) adjective not original or interesting. a corny joke.
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