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- Dictionaryhokey/ˈhəʊki/
adjective
- 1. mawkishly sentimental: informal North American "a hokey tear-jerker"
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: 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 in Thesaurus. Examples of hokey in a Sentence.
HOKEY definition: 1. too emotional or artificial and therefore difficult to believe: 2. too emotional or artificial…. Learn more.
Something that's hokey is silly and sentimental — you could also call it "sappy" or "mawkish." A hokey speech is more likely to make people roll their eyes and squirm than to make them cry. You can buy your friend a hokey birthday card as a joke, or read her a hokey poem to make her laugh.
HOKEY meaning: 1. too emotional or artificial and therefore difficult to believe: 2. too emotional or artificial…. Learn more.
obviously contrived, especially to win popular appeal or support; phony: The hokey stories of his impoverished childhood always surface at election time. Synonyms: spurious, sham, counterfeit, artificial, false, fake. hokey. / ˈhəʊkɪ / adjective. corny; sentimental. contrived; phoney.
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"
Noticeably contrived; artificial. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Synonyms: slushy. soupy. soppy. sentimental. schmalzy. schmaltzy. mushy. kitschy. mawkish. maudlin. drippy. bathetic. stilted. contrived. artificial. Other Word Forms of Hokey. Adjective.
Aug 4, 2024 · Adjective. [edit] hokey (comparative hokier, superlative hokiest) (US, colloquial) Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality. When asked for his book report, Chad came up with a series of hokier and hokier excuses. I thought the windshield wiper blades were a little hokey when I saw their cheap packaging.
1. corny; sentimental. 2. contrived; phoney. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C20: from hokum. hokey in American English. (ˈhouki) adjective Word forms: hokier, hokiest. 1. cloyingly sentimental; mawkish. 2. obviously contrived, esp. to win popular appeal or support; phony.
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