单词	hokey
释义	hokey adjective hok·​ey ˈhō-kē  hokier; hokiest 1 : corny entry 1 sense 1 the usual hokey melodrama 2 : obviously contrived : phony the plots are tricky but not hokey Cleveland Amory hokeyness noun or hokiness ˈhō-kē-nəs  hokily ˈhō-kə-lē  adverb Synonyms corn-fed cornball cornpone corny See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences She gave us some hokey excuse for being late. their father's sense of humor was hokey beyond belief and most people's endurance Recent Examples on the Web Just click play on the incredibly hokey music video above and remember — good friends stick together through thick and thin. Christie D’zurillastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022 Many of us have been taught that soft skills like kindness, compassion and empathy are hokey, cheesy or irrelevant. Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 This moment, however, is dedicated to the epic’s sometimes hokey philosophy. Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022 Smith was aided with the book by self-help author Mark Manson, which may be why this otherwise exhilarating audiobook is burdened at times with passages of hokey advice on self-empowerment. Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021 The first Evil Dead is kind of a melodrama, a lot of laughs come out of the excessive effects and hokey dialogue, and bad acting. Clark Collis, EW.com, 12 July 2021 As a Valentine to them or something, HBO Max released the trailer on February 14, and this directorial cut of the film definitely appears to scrub all quippy, hokey signs of uncredited reshoot director Joss Whedon out of the picture. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2021 The popular Canadian television show might sound like a hokey reality show for the political set. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2021 As a Valentine to them or something, HBO Max released the trailer on February 14, and this directorial cut of the film definitely appears to scrub all quippy, hokey signs of uncredited reshoot director Joss Whedon out of the picture. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1 hokey adjective as in cornball tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated their father's sense of humor was hokey beyond belief and most people's endurance Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance cornball corny rustic cornpone rustical folksy countrified corn-fed countryfied hickish hick down-home Antonyms & Near Antonyms sophisticated worldly smart trendy cosmopolitan hip worldly-wise with-it See More
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