All cornball synonyms
corn·ball
C c adj cornball
- mundane — common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
- hackneyed — let out, employed, or done for hire.
- vapid — lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
- stupid — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- dumb — lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
- corny — If you describe something as corny, you mean that it is obvious or sentimental and not at all original.
- trite — lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
- bland — If you describe someone or something as bland, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
- sugary — of, containing, or resembling sugar.
- sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- gooey — like or covered with goo; sticky; viscid.
- sappy — abounding in sap, as a plant.
- saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- syrupy — having the appearance or quality of syrup; thick or sweet: syrupy coffee.
- weepy — weeping or tending to weep; tearful; lachrymose.
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- mawkish — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- wistful — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- regretful — full of regret; sorrowful because of what is lost, gone, or done.
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- naive — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- uninvolved — very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
- guileless — free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
- inexperienced — not experienced; lacking knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience.
- overworked — to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
- honeyed — of, like, or pertaining to honey; sweet.
- pure — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- raw — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- rookie — an athlete playing his or her first season as a member of a professional sports team: The rookie replaced the injured regular at first base.
- unadulterated — not diluted or made impure by adulterating; pure: unadulterated maple syrup.
- unaffected — not affected, acted upon, or influenced; unchanged; unaltered: The laboratory clock remained accurate, unaffected by the explosion.
- uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- unrefined — not refined; not purified, as substances: unrefined metal.
- unschooled — not schooled, taught, or trained: Though unschooled, he had a grasp of the subject.
- unstudied — not studied; not premeditated or labored; natural; unaffected.
- unworldly — not worldly; not seeking material advantage; spiritually minded.
- artificial — Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology.
- untutored — not tutored; untaught; uninstructed.
- wide-eyed — with the eyes open wide, as in amazement, innocence, or sleeplessness.
- commonplace — If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
- platitudinal — platitudinous.
- stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- cliched — If you describe something as clichéd, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
- overused — to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
adjective cornball
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- teary — of or like tears.
- silly — weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.