Corny

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  • adjective. Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of corn; furnished with grains of corn.
  • Producing corn; abounding with corn.
  • Containing corn.
  • Produced from corn; tasting strongly of corn or malt.
  • Intoxicated; tipsy; corned.
  • Horny; corneous; strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
  • adjective. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
  • adjective. Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
  • adjective. Tipsy.
  • adjective. overly or simplistically sentimental.
  • adjective. trite or tiresome; too weak to be effective; -- said of unsubtle attempts at humor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Insipid or trite.
  • adjective. Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
  • adjective. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
  • adjective. Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
  • adjective. tipsy; drunk
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
  • Word Usage
    "At the state fair in Iowa, he ate what he called "corny dogs" and talked about growing up the son of a "dry-land cotton farmer" who appreciates the agricultural way of life."
    Equivalent
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Horney  Sigourney  horny  thorny  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bawdy  bronc  cellulosic  cheesy  comedic  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    cornier  corniest