CORNY Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

corny

adjective

ˈkȯr-nē

Definition of corny next

as in sentimental

appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way corny violin music during the movie's love scenes

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as in rustical

tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated the audience groaned as the emcee told one corny joke after another

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Recent Examples on the Web The plot, for all its love of science and reason, is a miasma of magic, melodrama, corny emotionality, and gangster-movie politics. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2024 The encounter was one for the scrapbook, Carnal said, and rife with enough corny jokes to make it to the moon and back. —

Kelsey Baker, Washington Post, 11 July 2024 But Garland’s earnest delivery cuts through what could be considered corny to deliver a classic. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024 What comes naturally to me is that sort of soft, corny, mushy stuff. —

Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for corny

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