corn-fed

corn–fed

adjective

Definition of CORN-FED

tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated <the musical's corn-fed humor harkens back to a more innocent, unjaded era>

Synonyms cornball, corn-fed, cornpone, hokey

Related Words countrified (also countryfied), down-home, folksy, rustic (also rustical); hick, hickish

Near Antonyms cosmopolitan, smart, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise; hip, trendy, with-it

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