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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Each is rustic and snug, offering a private deck overlooking the South Atlantic, with woolen blankets to cozy up with.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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And, of course, a rustic backdrop featuring melting clocks, a lot like Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory, bridges the familiar with the fantastical.—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
15 Apr. 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
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The delightful sets, ridiculous scenarios, and hokey alien encounters would’ve been enough to thrill any Trekker, but the performances bring the tribute to the next level.—
Steve Greene,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2025
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The Six Triple Eight, however, is 128 minutes of hokey dialogue, two-dimensional characterizations, and Susan Sarandon as Eleanor Roosevelt wearing false teeth straight out of a Party City going-out-of-business sale.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Corn-fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corn-fed. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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