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hokey
hok·ey H0236100 (hō′kē)adj. hok·i·er, hok·i·est Slang 1. Mawkishly sentimental; corny.2. Noticeably contrived; artificial.
hok′i·ly adv.hok′i·ness, hok′ey·ness n.hokey (ˈhəʊkɪ) adj1. corny; sentimental2. contrived; phoney[C20: from hokum]hok•ey (ˈhoʊ ki)
adj. hok•i•er, hok•i•est. 1. cloyingly sentimental; mawkish. 2. contrived in an obvious way. [1915–25; irreg. hok (um) + -y1] hok′ey•ness, hok′i•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  hokey - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippyemotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" | | 2. | hokey - artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"stilted, artificial, contrivedaffected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression |
Translationshokey
hokey1. Clearly contrived. "Hokey" comes from "hokum," which can refer either to nonsense or to trite and mawkish content in a creative work. That was such a hokey plot twist—it felt totally unearned.2. Overly sentimental or trite. It's just some hokey romantic comedy—I understand if you don't want to see it.hokey (ˈhoki) mod. contrived; phony; ill conceived. (see also hocus.) That’s a pretty hokey idea, but it may work. hokey
Related to hokey: mawkishlySynonyms for hokeyadj effusively or insincerely emotionalSynonyms- kitschy
- maudlin
- mawkish
- schmaltzy
- schmalzy
- bathetic
- sentimental
- slushy
- soppy
- soupy
- mushy
- drippy
Related Wordsadj artificially formalSynonyms- stilted
- artificial
- contrived
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