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corny

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corn·y  (kôrn)
adj. corn·i·er, corn·i·est
Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental.

[From corn.]

corni·ly adv.
corni·ness n.

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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

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

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 ...

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

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

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


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