1. Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
   "corny sermons";
   - bromidic, platitudinal, platitudinous
    
2. Effusively or insincerely emotional
   "a corny novel";
   - bathetic, drippy [informal], hokey [N. Amer, informal], maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy [informal], schmaltzy [informal], schmalzy [informal], sentimental, sappy [informal], soppy [Brit, informal], soupy [informal], slushy [informal], cutesy [informal], gooey [informal], weepy [informal], cheesy [informal]

Derived forms: corniest, cornier

See also: cornball [N. Amer, informal], emotional, lovey-dovey [informal], unoriginal

Encyclopedia: Corny, Eure