as in rustical
tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated
the musical's corn-fed humor harkens back to a more innocent, unjaded era
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Recent Examples of corn-fed
Cattle—even corn-fed ones—tend to spend much of their life on pasture eating grass, which leads to a lot of methane burps, but growing that grass is not carbon intensive.
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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
Never underestimate a corn-fed basic from Hockeytown.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
Never underestimate a corn-fed basic from Hockeytown.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corn-fed
Adjective
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While coarse checked plaid is often used in more rustic situations, the princess's midi-dress can only be described as elegant.—
Katharina Fuchs,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
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Each of the 11 original guest cabins was redesigned with a seamless mix of modern and rustic furnishings.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a fair share of cornball dialogue in Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz’s screenplay, as well as an excess of reassuring schmaltz at the fadeout.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2024
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Another scream for this bad, unabashedly cornball line.—
Evan Minsker,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Flanagan's film leans into some of the hokey aspects of the story that Kubrick rejected in favor of a much colder sort of horror.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Surrounded by a bunch of big, hokey hooks from veterans and newcomers of the pop-country elite—Daris Rucker, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett—and an army of songwriters, BigX goes through the ups and downs of a broken heart.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Corn-fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corn-fed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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