hokey English

Meaning hokey meaning

What does hokey mean?

hokey

— adjective (= bathetic, maudlin, mushy, schmaltzy, sentimental, slushy) effusively or insincerely emotional a bathetic novel maudlin expressions of sympathy mushy effusiveness a schmaltzy song sentimental soap operas slushy poetry

— adjective (= artificial, contrived, stilted) 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

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artificial

kitschy

contrived

stilted

soupy

soppy

slushy

sentimental

schmalzy

schmaltzy

mushy

mawkish

maudlin

drippy

bathetic

unauthentic

synthetic

stagy

stagey

spurious

sloppiness

plummy

niminy-piminy

meretricious

mannered

la-di-da

inauthentic

gilded

dainty

corny

chintzy

bastard

arty-crafty

arty

artsy-craftsy

artful

affected