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Hokey   /hˈoʊki/   Listen
Hokey

adjective
(compar. hokier; superl. hokiest)
1.
Effusively or insincerely emotional.  Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy.  "Maudlin expressions of sympathy" , "Mushy effusiveness" , "A schmaltzy song" , "Sentimental soap operas" , "Slushy poetry"
2.
Artificially formal.  Synonyms: artificial, contrived, stilted.  "Contrived coyness" , "A stilted letter of acknowledgment" , "When people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"






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Words linked to "Hokey" :   emotional, schmalzy, affected, unnatural



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