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.

corny - dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons"

platitudinal, platitudinous, bromidic

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

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.

2. sentimental, cheesy (informal), mushy (informal), maudlin, slushy (informal), mawkish, schmaltzy (slang) a corny old love song

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corny

adjective

Without freshness or appeal because of overuse:

Translations

مُبتَذَل، سَخـيف

otřepanývšední

forslidtfortærsket

abgedroschen

banal

margtugginn, útjaskaîur

ritrito

nuvalkiotas

banālsnodrāzts

flauw

forslitt skrullete

adîbayat

陈词滥调的

corny

[ˈkɔːnɪ] ADJ (cornier (compar) (corniest (superl))) [joke, story] → trillado, muy visto; [film, play] → sensiblero, sentimental

Collins 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

[ˈkɔː^rni] adj [joke, dialogue] → rebattu(e), galvaudé(e)
to sound corny
I know it sounds corny, but → Je sais que ça paraît bébette, mais ...

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

corny

adj (+er) (inf) joke → blöd (inf); (= sentimental) → kitschig; what a corny old joke! → der Witz hat (so) einen Bart (inf)

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/a

corny

(ˈkoːni) adjective

not original or interesting. a corny joke.

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She had a generous, kind spirit and heart, loved coffee ice cream and corny jokes.

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It's an enjoyably corny mystery with an atmospheric, outsider's view of post-war London as seen through a CinemaScope lens.