Corny

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ni

corn + -y; in the "hackneyed" sense, from "corn catalogue jokes", reputedly low-quality jokes that were formerly printed in mail-order seed catalogues.

Full definition of corny

Adjective

1. Insipid or trite.The duct tape and wire were a pretty corny solution.
2. Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.The movie was okay, but the love scene was really corny.He sent a bouquet of twelve red roses and a card: "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, And so are you." How corny is that!
3. (obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
• PriorThe corny ear.
4. Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
• ChaucerA draught of moist and corny ale.
5. (obsolete, UK, slang) tipsy; drunk

Synonyms

• (hackneyed or excessively sentimental) kitsch, kitschy, cheesy

Latin cornu ("horn").

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
• MiltonUp stood the corny reed.

Anagrams

• crony, croyn