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# corny

«corny» in Mova's school dictionary: **Old-fashioned, silly or used too many times to be funny…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (corny, cornier, corniest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Old-fashioned, silly or used too many times to be funny or moving, but often in a sweet way: «a corny joke». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corny/#m1)

2) Too sentimental, sweet or soppy: «a corny love song». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corny/#m2)

3) (rare) Of or full of corn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corny/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and stories, «corny jokes» are the groan-worthy ones dads tell and Christmas cracker jokes (What do you call a deer with no eyes? No idea!). In reviews of films and songs, «corny» means cheesy. Phrases: «corny joke», «a bit corny», «corny but sweet».

### examples

- Dad's jokes are so corny that we all groan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corny/#x1)
- The cracker joke was corny, but we laughed anyway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corny/#x2)
- The ending of the film was a bit corny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corny/#x3)
- That corny love song makes my sister cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corny/#x4)
- I know it sounds corny, but you're my best friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corny/#x5)
- Why did the scarecrow win a prize? He was outstanding in his field. — That's so corny! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corny/#x6)

### note

Comparative: cornier, corniest. Informal. Similar: cheesy (informal), soppy (UK), sappy (US). «Corny» is gentle teasing, not a strong insult.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «corny» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corny/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.