cornball
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈkɔrnˌbɔl/
- Offensive
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cursi
- I don't care what my friends think of the name; they know I'm not a cornball.
Examples
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Yo, man, check out the cornball!
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And anyone who says "cornball" is at least 80 years old.
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-Look at this fucking cornball.
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And I may not look it, but I'm a huge cornball and I live for this.
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You want me to hang out with the cornball that cleans the shop?
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While I thought it got a little cornball in the third act, I always felt really moved by the journey of Van Heflin's character finding himself and his voice.
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The man's an ethical, harmless cornball.
Fiction book (2002) -
What a cornball.
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He ain't no cornball!
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At the family reunion, Uncle Joe always tells the same cornball jokes that make everyone laugh.
Synonyms
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8.8
A person who is silly and not very smart
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8.5
A person who acts silly or strange to make others laugh
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8.3
A person who behaves in a strange, silly way
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9.1
A person who is silly and acts foolishly
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8.5
A silly person or thing that seems corny and not stylish
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9.9
A person who shows too much love in a silly, naive way
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8.7
A person who is silly and a little forgetful
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9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
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8.4
A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
A silly person who does not act seriously
A person who acts silly or foolish
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
Antonyms
How Corny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cornball for a person also grows from corny and corn, meaning 'common' or simple in style, often like old-fashioned country ways. So a cornball is someone who acts silly, goofy, or overly sentimental.