Corny

//ˈkɔːni//

Synonyms for "corny" (356 found)

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Closest matches (72)

Strong matches (106)

Related words (178)

Adjective(152 words)
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Adjective(2 words)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

derived

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derived from

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has context

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related to

8 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

67 translations across 20 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • ثَقِيل الظَِلّ adj (excessively sentimental)
  • سَخِيف adj (excessively sentimental)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • сантиментален adj (excessively sentimental)

Catalan

1 entries
  • cursi adj (excessively sentimental)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 肉麻 adj (excessively sentimental)

Czech

4 entries
  • banální adj (insipid or trite)
  • nudný adj (insipid or trite)
  • ohraný adj (insipid or trite)
  • otřepaný adj (insipid or trite)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afgezaagd adj (excessively sentimental)
  • melig adj (excessively sentimental)
  • oubollig adj (excessively sentimental)
  • sentimenteel adj (excessively sentimental)

French

4 entries
  • banal adj (insipid or trite)
  • cucul adj (excessively sentimental)
  • dégoulinant adj (excessively sentimental)
  • gnangnan adj (excessively sentimental)

German

3 entries
  • abgedroschen adj (insipid or trite)
  • kitschig adj (excessively sentimental)
  • schmalzig adj (excessively sentimental)

Greek

2 entries
  • σαχλός adj (excessively sentimental)
  • τετριμμένος adj (insipid or trite)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • banális adj (insipid or trite)
  • csöpögős adj (excessively sentimental)
  • elcsépelt adj (insipid or trite)
  • fantáziátlan adj (insipid or trite)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • murahan adj (insipid or trite)

Italian

1 entries
  • sdolcinato adj (excessively sentimental)

Japanese

2 entries
  • べた adj (insipid or trite)
  • 寒い adj (insipid or trite)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ба́нален adj (insipid or trite)
  • сентимента́лен adj (excessively sentimental)
  • чувстви́телен adj (excessively sentimental)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • kårny adj (excessively sentimental)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • brega adj (excessively sentimental)
  • lamechas adj (excessively sentimental)
  • piegas adj (excessively sentimental)

Russian

3 entries
  • бана́льный adj (insipid or trite)
  • сентиментальный adj (excessively sentimental)
  • слащавый adj (excessively sentimental)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cursi adj (excessively sentimental)
  • huachafo adj (excessively sentimental)
  • insipido adj (insipid or trite)
  • wacha adj (excessively sentimental)

Thai

4 entries
  • ฝืด adj (insipid or trite)
  • เฉิ่ม adj (insipid or trite)
  • เชย adj (insipid or trite)
  • เปิ่น adj (insipid or trite)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • бана́льний adj (insipid or trite)
  • засентимента́льний adj (excessively sentimental)
  • заяло́жений adj (insipid or trite)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

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Mary's the only one who laughs at Tom's corny jokes.

Source: tatoeba (3368877)

How can you put up with Tom's corny jokes?

Source: tatoeba (3595682)

As corny as it sounds, I go to sleep every night with a teddy bear next to my head.

Source: tatoeba (4474914)

As corny as it sounds, I love my husband more each day.

Source: tatoeba (4474915)

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