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Adjective: corny (cornier,corniest)  kor-nee
Usage: informal
  1. Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
    "corny sermons";
    - bromidic, platitudinal, platitudinous
     
  2. Effusively or insincerely emotional
    - bathetic, drippy [informal], hokey [N. Amer, informal], maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy [informal], schmaltzy [informal], schmalzy [informal], sentimental, sappy [informal], soppy [Brit, informal], soupy [informal], slushy [informal], cutesy [informal], gooey [informal], weepy [informal], cheesy [informal]

Derived forms: corniest, cornier

See also: cornball [N. Amer, informal], emotional, lovey-dovey [informal], unoriginal

Encyclopedia: Corny, Eure