'Corny' definitions:
Definition of 'corny'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons" [syn: bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous]
Definition of 'Corny'
From: GCIDE
- Corny \Cor"ny\ (k?r"n?), a. [L. cornu horn.] Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn. [1913 Webster]
- Up stood the cornu reed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Corny'
From: GCIDE
- Corny \Corn"y\, a.
- 1. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. [R.] "The corny ear." --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Containing corn; tasting well of malt. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- A draught of moist and corny ale. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Tipsy. [Vulgar, Eng.] --Forby. [1913 Webster]
- 4. overly or simplistically sentimental. [informal] [PJC]
- 5. trite or tiresome; too weak to be effective; -- said of unsubtle attempts at humor; as, a corny joke; a corny skit. [informal] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'corny'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- back-number,
- banal,
- bewhiskered,
- bromidic,
- cliched,
- common,
- commonplace,
- cut-and-dried,
- fade,
- familiar,
- fusty,
- hackney,
- hackneyed,
- moth-eaten,
- musty,
- old hat,
- platitudinous,
- set,
- shopworn,
- square,
- stale,
- stereotyped,
- stock,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tired,
- trite,
- truistic,
- unoriginal,
- warmed-over,
- well-known,
- well-worn,
- worn,
- worn thin