corny (redirected from corniness)

corn·y  (kôrn)

adj. corn·i·er, corn·i·est

Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental.

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[From corn.]

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corni·ly adv.

corni·ness n.

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corny [ˈkɔːnɪ]

adj cornier, corniest Slang

1. trite or banal

2. sentimental or mawkish

3. abounding in corn

[C16 (C20 in the sense rustic, banal): from corn¹ + -y¹]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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

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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.

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

Translations

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

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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 ...

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corny

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

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corny [ˈkɔːnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (unoriginal) → banale; (sentimental) → sdolcinato/a

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corny [ˈkɔːnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (unoriginal) → banale; (sentimental) → sdolcinato/a

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corny

adj corny [ˈkoːni]

not original or interesting a corny joke. afgesaag مُبتَذَل، سَخـيف изтъркан všední, otřepaný fortærsket; forslidt abgedroschen σαχλός, αδιάφορος aburrido, sin gracia, rancio kulunud قدیمی و پیش پا افتاده tylsä banal נָדוֹש मौलिक और मजेदार नहीं zrnat, obilan žitom elcsépelt basi, usang margtugginn, útjaskaður rifritto, trito ありきたりの 진부한 nuvalkiotas, banalus nodrāzts; banāls sudah basi afgezaagd forslitt, billig, skrullete banalny com barbas răsuflat банальный otrepaný oguljen otrcan fånig, larvig, banal ที่ล้าสมัย bayat(lamış), adî 了無新意的 заяложений, утертий ب‍ے مزه không thú vị 陈词滥调的