Word "CORNY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
Synonyms:
bromidic, platitudinal, platitudinous

Crossword Clues for CORNY

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Trite and tiresome Newsday 22 Aug 2025
Like this a-maize-ing pun
Laughably predictable, like cereal? (5)
Hackneyed The Telegraph Mini 13 Apr 2025
Hokey Thomas Joseph 28 Mar 2025
Like a dad joke
Like jokes from a joke book, typically
Trite description of growths on foot? The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Dec 2024
Sentimental, mawkish (5)
Banal, overused (colloq) (5)
Silly, like a dad joke
Like stereotypical dad jokes USA Today 03 Nov 2024
Trite, as a joke Newsday 24 Oct 2024
Trite and ciiched (5)
Like the stuff on the cob
Trite, predictable (5)
Trite or banal, slang (5)
Feebly humorous (5)
Groan-eliciting, as a joke
Trite or mawkish
Nowhere near clever
Mushy mawkish (inf)
Like many dad jokes Wall Street Journal 14 Feb 2024
Hackneyed The Times Concise 15 Oct 2023
Like sigh-inducing jokes
Trite, as jokes Newsday 27 Sep 2023
Like bad puns Universal 12 Jul 2023
Like a cliched joke
Hokey Eugene Sheffer 03 Feb 2023
Like sigh-inducing jokes
Unoriginal Canadiana 12 Sep 2022
Like many dad jokes Wall Street Journal 19 May 2022
Groan-eliciting, as a joke
Old-fashioned, as humor Newsday 20 Mar 2022
Like many dad jokes Wall Street Journal 16 Dec 2021
Like a cliched joke
Clichéd LA Times Daily 10 Sep 2021
Clichéd The Washington Post 10 Sep 2021
Like an eyeroll-inducing joke USA Today 31 Aug 2021
Like dad jokes USA Today 24 Aug 2021
Old-fashioned seamen, with modest exterior
Like dad jokes Wall Street Journal 15 May 2021
Not subtle, as jokes go
"That's so ___!," response to a sentimental joke
Over-sentimental The Times Concise 15 May 2020
Old and stale (informal) The Sun Two Speed 27 Nov 2019
Like bad jokes in Cape or New York? The Sun Two Speed 27 Nov 2019
Like an awful 43-Across USA Today 05 Oct 2019
Like dad jokes The Washington Post 28 May 2019
Like dad jokes LA Times Daily 28 May 2019
Like most 'dad jokes' USA Today 15 Apr 2019
Like dad jokes
Like an awful 43-Across
Trite, sentimental The Times Concise 13 Aug 2018
Like terrible puns USA Today 19 Jul 2018
Hokey Thomas Joseph 30 May 2018
Cliché-ridden Newsday 14 Jan 2018
Like terrible puns
Like groaner humor New York Times 18 Oct 2017
Like many bar jokes The Washington Post 14 Apr 2017
Like many bar jokes LA Times Daily 14 Apr 2017
Like grandpa's jokes, probably LA Times Daily 20 Feb 2017
Trite, as jokes Newsday 12 Feb 2017
Like many bar jokes
Like grandpa's jokes, probably
Like groaner humor
Like many vaudeville comics Wall Street Journal 24 Dec 2016
Cheesy The Telegraph Quick 21 Dec 2016
Old-fashioned, as humor Newsday 18 Sep 2016
Unfunny due to 64 Down Newsday 14 Aug 2016
Mawkishly sentimental Newsday 24 Jul 2016
Like a Kansan's trite joke? Universal 20 Jun 2016
Like groaners New York Times 29 May 2016
Like many knock-knock jokes LA Times Daily 13 Apr 2016
Like a Kansan's trite joke?
Like groaners
Like some bad jokes Family Time 20 Dec 2015
Over-sentimental; trite The Times Concise 12 Aug 2015
Naval commander unknown to be so trite The Times Cryptic 26 Jan 2015
Like some awful jokes
Like many puns
Banal
Far from side-splitting
Trite, as a joke
Not subtle, as humor
Unsophisticated
Hardly scintillating
Like "Hee Haw" humor
Trite, joke-wise
Like most "Hee Haw" jokes
Banal
Groanworthy, as a joke
Groanworthy, as a joke
Like a trite joke
Lame, as a joke
Too earnest and old-school
Unsophisticated
Groan-inducing, maybe
Hokey
Clichéd
Lame, as a joke
Clichéd
Like some bad jokes
Like some groaners
Not very innovative
Like some sorry jokes
Like some groaners
Unsophisticated, as humor
Like some bad jokes
Mawkish
Like a stale joke
Hokey, as a joke
Mawkish
Like many an old joke
Like the joke about the Iowa farmer?
Hackneyed
See 35-Down
Like Kansas in August?
Hardly sophisticated
Like some old jokes
Like some jokes
Trite
Like Kansas?
Groan-inducing, perhaps
Hardly sophisticated
Tiresomely unsubtle
Jokes, sometimes
Tiresomely unsubtle
Like some humor
Like Kansas in August
Like a stale joke
Lacking in subtlety
Mawkishly sentimental
Like Kansas in August
Trite, joke-wise
Mawkishly sentimental
Like a trite joke
Trite and mawkish
Trite
Like painful area on foot, provoking weeping?
Like an old joke
Lacking subtlety
Like Kansas in August
Vaudevillian, in a way
Joke style
Old-fashioned informally
Predictable, as humor goes
Hokey
Trite
Like Kansas in August?
Like "Hee Haw" humor
Trite
Mawkish
Square
Like many a joke
Hackneyed
Full of clichés
Like this puzzle?
Like some oaters
Cliché-ridden
Like some jokes
Trite and tiresome.
Not hip.
Tiresomely unsubtle
Trite: Slang.
Trite with age: Slang.
Tiresomely trite.
Sentimental: Slang.
Unsophisticated: Slang.
Old-fashioned: Slang.
Like Kansas in August.
Trite.
Trite: Colloq.
Trite: Informal.
Certainly not camp.
Banal: Slang.
Outworn, trite: Colloq.
Word for some jokes
Hackneyed: Slang.
Banal: Colloq.
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