Cursi in english
Corny
pronunciation: kɔrni part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: kɔrni part of speech: adjective
In gestures
cursi = cutesy ; prissy ; stilted ; high-flown ; mushy ; kitschy ; cheesy ; drippy ; soppy ; sappy ; schmaltzy [schmalzy] ; corny ; hokey ; poncey [poncy].
Example: His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.Example: It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a 'prissy' middle-class atmosphere.Example: His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.Example: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.Example: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.Example: This is the most kitchsky and ritzy part of my Hollywood experience and a definite tourist trap for tourists.Example: I know this song is cheesy, but when it first came out my dad always wanted me to pay attention to the lyrics.Example: I thought everyone who worshipped her was a bit drippy.Example: I think my guy friends thought the music video was a bit soppy but my girlfriends really liked it, not that I'm stereotyping.Example: This girl is a sappy weirdo who holds on to every heartache she comes across.Example: I like everything, and that includes the schmaltzy romantic comedies and tear-inducing romance flicks.Example: The film does not take any big risks or veer far from formula or expectations and at times it gets rather hokey and corny.Example: The film does not take any big risks or veer far from formula or expectations and at times it gets rather hokey and corny.Example: These civil servants like to use such poncey language -- it demonstrates the lack of any connection to the people they are serving.