英语词汇“corny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

corny

/ˈkɔːni

adjective (cornier, corniest) informal

Trite, banal, or mawkishly sentimental: it sounds corny, but as soon as I saw her I knew she was the one...

It may sound trite, cliche, corny, even, but I would like to thank my parents.
There's nothing corny about her sentimental soul - the music has classic written all over it.
Hey now, any guy likes to be served by a cute waitress smiling and laughing at all your corny jokes, it just makes you feel good.

Synonyms

banal, trite, hackneyed, commonplace, clichéd, predictable, stereotyped, platitudinous, inane, fatuous, vapid, jejune, weak, feeble, tired, stale, overworked, overused, well worn;

mawkish, sentimental, sickly, sickly-sweet, cloying, syrupy, sugary, saccharine, honeyed, oversweet, sickening, nauseating, choking;

British twee

informal old hat, out of the ark, played out, hacky, cheesy

mushy, slushy, sloppy, schmaltzy, cutesy, cute, gooey, drippy, treacly, icky, sick-making, toe-curling

British informal soppy

North American informal cornball, dime-store, sappy, hokey

rare truistic, bromidic

Derivatives

cornily

adverb ...

Without the almost cornily interwoven plot, the story is predictable.
He pronounced every syllable, and he did the accents convincingly but not cornily.
Of course, it's cornily romantic, a picture postcard.

corniness

noun ...

Jennifer is very warm and emotional, sometimes to the point of corniness.
‘Flavors’ doesn't entirely escape the trap of the stereotype, but its greater flaw is one that afflicts most amateur scripts - corniness.
Though elegantly acted and shot overall, Man on the Train works best in its minutest parts, little idiosyncratic touches that bring humanity and humour to the mounting corniness.

Origin

1930s: from an earlier sense 'rustic, appealing to country folk'.

单词	corny
释义	corny /ˈkɔːni / adjective (cornier, corniest) informal Trite, banal, or mawkishly sentimental: it sounds corny, but as soon as I saw her I knew she was the one... It may sound trite, cliche, corny, even, but I would like to thank my parents. There's nothing corny about her sentimental soul - the music has classic written all over it. Hey now, any guy likes to be served by a cute waitress smiling and laughing at all your corny jokes, it just makes you feel good. Synonyms banal, trite, hackneyed, commonplace, clichéd, predictable, stereotyped, platitudinous, inane, fatuous, vapid, jejune, weak, feeble, tired, stale, overworked, overused, well worn; mawkish, sentimental, sickly, sickly-sweet, cloying, syrupy, sugary, saccharine, honeyed, oversweet, sickening, nauseating, choking; British twee informal old hat, out of the ark, played out, hacky, cheesy mushy, slushy, sloppy, schmaltzy, cutesy, cute, gooey, drippy, treacly, icky, sick-making, toe-curling British informal soppy North American informal cornball, dime-store, sappy, hokey rare truistic, bromidic Derivatives cornily adverb ... Without the almost cornily interwoven plot, the story is predictable. He pronounced every syllable, and he did the accents convincingly but not cornily. Of course, it's cornily romantic, a picture postcard. corniness noun ... Jennifer is very warm and emotional, sometimes to the point of corniness. ‘Flavors’ doesn't entirely escape the trap of the stereotype, but its greater flaw is one that afflicts most amateur scripts - corniness. Though elegantly acted and shot overall, Man on the Train works best in its minutest parts, little idiosyncratic touches that bring humanity and humour to the mounting corniness. Origin 1930s: from an earlier sense 'rustic, appealing to country folk'. Rhymes brawny, horny, lawny, mulligatawny, scrawny, tawny, thorny
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corny

Derivatives

cornily

corniness

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