Another word for corny
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Adjective
Without freshness or appeal because of overuse
- Worn or used until no longer usable or effective.
- Thoroughly exhausted; spent.
- Showing signs of much wear or use.
- Repeated too often; trite or hackneyed.
- Carried or worn in a becoming manner:
- Warmed up; reheated:
- Not new, fresh, or spontaneous; stale.
- Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed.
- Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.
- Impatient; bored:
- Overused; hackneyed:
- Showing the effects of long use or wear:
- Used too often; trite:
- Having the nap worn down so that the filling or warp threads show through; frayed or shabby:
- Wearing old, shabby clothing.
- Overused to the point of being worn out; hackneyed:
- of or produced by stereotypy
- conforming to a stereotype
- hackneyed; trite
- Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a stereotype; stereotypical
- Lacking originality, creativity, or individuality.
- Conforming to a social norm; conventional.
- Of or relating to stereotypy:
- Having lost freshness, effervescence, or palatability:
- Lacking originality or spontaneity:
- Ineffective or uninspired, usually from being out of practice or from having done the same thing for too long.
- Tarnished, frayed, faded, or otherwise defective from being on display in a store.
- Worn-out, as from overuse; trite:
- Characterised by cliches or platitudes.
- Being subjected to too much work
- Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
- Hackneyed or trite; dull.
- Out of date; antiquated.
- Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
- Ordinary; common:
- Uninteresting; unremarkable:
- A trite or obvious saying; a platitude:
- Stale, trite, or commonplace through overuse; clichéd:
- Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite:
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Another word for corny
Modifier
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- Not sophisticated.
- Having, showing, or caused by emotion, especially tender or affectionate feeling:
- Having, showing, or caused by strong or extravagant tenderness or sadness, often in an idealized way:
- Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed.
- Having lost freshness, effervescence, or palatability:
- Lacking originality or spontaneity:
- Ineffective or uninspired, usually from being out of practice or from having done the same thing for too long.
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