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The synonyms of “Corny” are: bromidic, platitudinal, platitudinous, banal, trite, hackneyed, commonplace, clichéd, predictable, stereotyped, inane, fatuous, vapid, jejune, weak, feeble, tired, stale, overworked, well worn
Corny as an Adjective
Definitions of "Corny" as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “corny” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- Trite, banal, or mawkishly sentimental.
- Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality.
Synonyms of "Corny" as an adjective (20 Words)
banal | So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. Songs with banal repeated words. |
bromidic | Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality. Bromidic sermons. |
clichéd | Repeated regularly without thought or originality. |
commonplace | Not unusual; ordinary. Unemployment was commonplace in his trade. |
fatuous | Silly and pointless. A fatuous comment. |
feeble | Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness. A feeble voice. |
hackneyed | (of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite. Hackneyed phrases. |
inane | Lacking sense or meaning; silly. Don t badger people with inane questions. |
jejune | Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity. Their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions. |
overworked | (of a word, phrase, or idea) used so often that it has lost its effect. Tired overworked demoralized staff. |
platitudinal | Platitudinous. |
platitudinous | (of a remark or statement) used too often to be interesting or thoughtful; hackneyed. This may sound platitudinous. |
predictable | Able to be predicted. The characters are stereotyped and extremely predictable. |
stale | Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new. Stale news. |
stereotyped | Viewed or represented as a stereotype. The film is weakened by its stereotyped characters. |
tired | Depleted of strength or energy. A few boxes of tired vegetables. |
trite | Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. His remarks were trite and commonplace. |
vapid | Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland. A vapid conversation. |
weak | Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. She managed a weak nervous smile. |
well worn | In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury. |
Usage Examples of "Corny" as an adjective
- It sounds corny, but as soon as I saw her I knew she was the one.
Associations of "Corny" (30 Words)
barley | The grain of barley. |
bean | A leguminous plant that bears beans in pods. He didn t have a bean. |
carrot | Deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant. Grated carrot. |
cereal | Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. Cereal crops. |
chaff | Chopped hay and straw used as fodder. He hopes to separate scientifically supported claims from pseudoscientific chaff. |
cornbread | A type of bread made from maize meal. |
cornfield | A field in which corn is being grown. |
crib | The cards discarded by players at cribbage. I was carrying my crib in a paper bag. |
crop | Prepare for crops. The current crop of politicians. |
flour | Convert grain into flour. Manioc flour. |
graham | Denoting or made from wholewheat flour that has not been sifted. A box of graham crackers. |
grain | 1 60 dram equals an avoirdupois grain or 64 799 milligrams. A stone of coarse grain. |
harvest | Gather a crop as a harvest. A limited harvest of wild mink. |
hay | Convert plant material into hay. The grass had all hayed off and gone to seed. |
legume | A leguminous plant (member of the pea family), especially one grown as a crop. He sows a mixture of grasses and legumes. |
maize | A Central American cereal plant that yields large grains (corn or sweetcorn) set in rows on a cob. The many varieties include some used for stockfeed and corn oil. |
millet | A cereal grown in warm countries and regions with poor soils, bearing a large crop of small seeds which are chiefly used to make flour. |
pea | Used in names of plants or seeds that are similar or related to the pea e g chickpea sweet pea. Pea soup. |
peanut | Underground pod of the peanut vine. Peanut politicians. |
potato | The plant of the nightshade family which produces potatoes on underground runners. Roast potatoes. |
rice | The grains of rice used as food. Riced boiled potatoes. |
rick | A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back rick and wrick are British. Rick hay. |
seed | Remove the seeds from. Stem and seed the chillies. |
soybean | The most highly proteinaceous vegetable known the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder especially as a replacement for animal protein. |
sprout | Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots. The plant sprouted early this year. |
starch | Stiffen with starch. The starch in her voice. |
straw | Of a pale yellow color like straw straw colored. The tramp sat chewing a straw. |
succotash | Fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream. |
tortilla | (in Spanish cooking) an omelette. |
wheat | The grain of wheat. |