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The director of 'Independence Day,' 'Godzilla' and 'The Patriot' has certain attributes, all of which are given full vent in 'The Day After Tomorrow.' He's crude, stupid, slick, cornball, predictable, laughable, relentless, trivial and, the sum of all these, ridiculous. He's never made a movie you could believe and he still hasn't.
Stephen Hunter

Meaning of "cornball" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CORNBALL

From corn ball a sweet consisting of a ball of popcorn and molasses.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CORNBALL

cornball  [ˈkɔːnˌbɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORNBALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cornball can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CORNBALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cornball in the English dictionary

The definition of cornball in the dictionary is a person given to mawkish or unsophisticated behaviour.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORNBALL


baseball
ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl
basketball
ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl
beanball
ˈbiːnˌbɔːl
buttonball
ˈbʌtənˌbɔːl
cannonball
ˈkænənˌbɔːl
eyeball
ˈaɪˌbɔːl
fireball
ˈfaɪəˌbɔːl
foosball
ˈfuːsˌbɔːl
football
ˈfʊtˌbɔːl
handball
ˈhændˌbɔːl
meatball
ˈmiːtˌbɔːl
netball
ˈnɛtˌbɔːl
oddball
ˈɒdˌbɔːl
pinball
ˈpɪnˌbɔːl
puffball
ˈpʌfˌbɔːl
racquetball
ˈrækɪtˌbɔːl
snowball
ˈsnəʊˌbɔːl
softball
ˈsɒftˌbɔːl
trackball
ˈtrækˌbɔːl
volleyball
ˈvɒlɪˌbɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORNBALL

corn silk
corn smut
corn snow
corn syrup
corn whiskey
corn whisky
corn-fed
corn-picker
cornaceous
cornage
cornbraid
cornbrandy
cornbrash
corncake
corncob
corncob pipe
corncockle
Corncracker State
corncrake
corncrib

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORNBALL

American football
association football
ball
crystal ball
cue ball
eyeball to eyeball
eyeball-to-eyeball
fantasy football
five-a-side football
golf ball
gumball
hardball
league football
masked ball
no-ball
on the ball
play-the-ball
Swiss ball
tennis ball
wrecking ball

Synonyms and antonyms of cornball in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cornball» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORNBALL

Find out the translation of cornball to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cornball from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cornball» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cornball
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cornball
570 millions of speakers

English

cornball
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cornball
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cornball
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cornball
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cornball
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cornball
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cornball
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cornball
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cornball
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

感傷的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cornball
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cornball
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cornball
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cornball
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉर्नबॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cornball
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cornball
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cornball
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cornball
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cornball
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

cornball
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cornball
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cornball
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cornball
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cornball

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORNBALL»

The term «cornball» is regularly used and occupies the 89.315 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORNBALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cornball

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2 QUOTES WITH «CORNBALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cornball.
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George Cukor
You're just poor cornball provincial people, you critics; you just don't know what the hell you're talking about.
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Stephen Hunter
The director of 'Independence Day,' 'Godzilla' and 'The Patriot' has certain attributes, all of which are given full vent in 'The Day After Tomorrow.' He's crude, stupid, slick, cornball, predictable, laughable, relentless, trivial and, the sum of all these, ridiculous. He's never made a movie you could believe and he still hasn't.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORNBALL»

Discover the use of cornball in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cornball and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Cornball: A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny
Offering a deeper, more profound look at the prejudices, preoccupations and peculiarities of America's golden age, this hilarious study of bygone humor revisits nearly 200 comic staples, including alley cats, boarding houses, castor oil, ...
Christopher Miller, 2014
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Cornball And Mush
A blend of cornball and mushy renditions in poems, lyric short story form, depicting love, loneliness, misadventures, tributes, concerns, insecurity, patriotism, steadfastness, and a bit of humour. Virtually, the whole gamut of human frailties.
Edward William Drebitt, 2004
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Bubble
Cornball's temper finally cooled enough for him to look around. He was pretty close to the cliff Comingal had peered over while he witnessed the bitterly contested romance between Cornball and Pravus Maximus. Cornball could see the rough ...
Marvin E. Fox, 2011
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Oral Tradition Narratives of the Emai People
When this ninth day had arrived, the elderly woman, she arranged seven cornballs, she put oil into one of them. She put herbs into that same one. She knew that, when he ate it, it would not allow him to reach there. If he were to eat the cornball ...
Ronald P. Schaefer, Francis O. Egbokhare, 2000
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Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms
An artistic performance or production was regarded by critics as cornball if it lacked originality, freshness, and novelty or was superficially or trivially sentimental. In the rural areas — esp. of the South and Midwest, where corn was one of the ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 2000
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Poems from a Philosopher's Point of View
The space is not a place where one would want to live A site where there's really not much of anything to give Cornball land it's safe to say has hit me with an iron fist Maybe one of the reasons why I started writing about it No one ever listens to  ...
Miracle Camacho, 2013
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Sync I Eternity: The Guy Science
The uniique genre is erotic and philosophical.
Corny Cornball, 2011
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The "I Don't Know How to Cook" Book Mexican: 300 Everyday ...
Cornball. Soup? It's interesting how soups travel through different cultures, changing to fit the available ingredients and tastes of different peoples. This soup seems awfully similar to Matzo ball soup, yet it has a distinctly Mexican touch with the ...
Linda Rodriguez, 2008
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The Newshawk Reports: The Writings of a Politically ...
sitting having a drink with an old friend Cornelia Ballinsky, whom we called Cornball, though Cornnut would have been even more appropriate. As she does every four years, Cornball sat fretting over her choice for the next presidential election ...
Frederic Voss, 2012
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Negropedia: The Assimilated Negro's Crash Course on the ...
Cornball Romantic Comedies Really, anything cornball is going to be enjoyable. because black people have an unfailing radar for cornball shit. So Ryan Reynolds and Katherine Heigl in The Plumber's Wedding or any other romantic comedy ...
Patrice Evans, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORNBALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cornball is used in the context of the following news items.
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Still thrashin'
... or mystical stories ripped from the Necronomicon, the inspirations of some acts' creative strength and others' cornball crimes against music. «Creative Loafing Atlanta, Jul 15»
2
Powell's Blog: WWE Tough Enough week three live commentary
-Cue the cornball music, it was time to ask the judges if they want to save anyone. They passed. -Daria only received 14 percent of the vote and ... «ProWrestling.net, Jul 15»
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Redskins' RG3 is the best selling NFL jersey in Washington DC and …
2012, former ESPN staffer Rob Parker was suspended for calling Griffin a “cornball brother,” pointing to Griffin's “white fiancée” and “all this talk ... «Washington D.C. Sun Times, Jul 15»
4
'The Pinch,' a magical new novel by Steve Stern
Miller's most recent book is “American Cornball.” For more book coverage, go to washingtonpost.com/books. entertainment. books. Success! «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
The 10 most expensive CCG cards of all time
If all you know of Yu-Gi-Oh is the cornball anime series, you're missing out. The collectible card game it inspired is one of the more popular ... «Geek, Jul 15»
6
Movie review: Magic Mike XXL | Amy
ONE of the great things about Magic Mike was director Steven Soderbergh's success in turning what could have been a cornball ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
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Rush Limbaugh: Media is 'Kind of Mean' to RG3 Because He's a …
2012, former ESPN staffer Rob Parker was suspended for calling Griffin a “cornball brother,” pointing to Griffin's “white fiancée” and “all this talk ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
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Beals column: Taylor Swift and the end of music as we know it
This band does a killer job of capturing the irreverent, cornball spirit of the classic Grand Ole Opry acts. Friday at 8 p.m.. OUT-OF-TOWN PICK: ... «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
9
TNA Impact Wrestling on Destination America
It's pretty cool that a guy who was saddled with a cornball gimmick came to TNA and reinvented himself and eventually won the TNA Title. «ProWrestling.net, Jul 15»
10
Katy Perry Uses Her Forbes Cover to Inspire Other Women to …
And because she's Katy Perry, she will do so wearing a hilariously cornball suit jacket covered in rhinestone dollar signs. However, inside her ... «Mic, Jun 15»

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