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(Entry 1 of 2)
tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated
- the show's shamelessly cornball jokes appealed to small-town America
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- countrified
- (also countryfied),
- down-home,
- folksy,
- rustic
- (also rustical)
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cornball
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of cornball (Entry 2 of 2)
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country
- a movie about a cornball making his way through a world of cynical sophisticates
Synonyms for cornball
- bumpkin,
- chawbacon,
- churl,
- clodhopper,
- countryman,
- hayseed,
- hick,
- provincial,
- rube,
- rustic,
- yokel
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“Cornball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornball. Accessed 29 Nov. 2021.
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The first known use of cornball was circa 1949
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