corny
1[ kawr-nee ]
/ ˈkɔr ni /
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adjective, corn·i·er, corn·i·est.
of or abounding in corn.
Informal.
- old-fashioned, trite, or lacking in subtlety: corny jokes.
- mawkishly sentimental: a corny soap opera.
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OTHER WORDS FROM corny
corn·i·ly, adverbcorn·i·ness, nounOther definitions for corny (2 of 2)
corny2
[ kawr-nee ]
/ ˈkɔr ni /
adjective, corn·i·er, corn·i·est.
pertaining to or affected with corns of the feet.
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How to use corny in a sentence
Then she reached the line about Old Glory continuing to wave valiantly, having survived bloody battle and hardship—a line that should be corny, but that still stops my heart if it’s sung the right way.
Inauguration Musical Performances Are Tricky. But Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and Garth Brooks Did Exactly What We Needed Them to Do|Stephanie Zacharek|January 20, 2021|TimeI know this is corny, but people are the best thing in life.
Guido Goldman, who forged closer ties between Germany and U.S., dies at 83|Harrison Smith|December 11, 2020|Washington Post“You don’t want to be that corny brand on TikTok,” Cicero said.
‘There’s more opportunity’: Publishers on TikTok are taking branded content into their own hands|Kayleigh Barber|November 23, 2020|DigidayI was one of those corny guys, that I would arrest people in East LA, and I talked to them about things.
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British Dictionary definitions for corny
corny
/ (ˈkɔːnɪ) /
adjective cornier or corniest slang
trite or banal
sentimental or mawkish
abounding in corn
Word Origin for corny
C16 (C20 in the sense rustic, banal): from corn 1 + -y 1
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