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Hokey

adjective

(compar. hokier; superl. hokiest)

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"

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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"Hokey" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Hokey Fly!" sez Peter Begg. "Suppose 'e comes 'ome with a wooden leg. Suppose 'e isn't fit to darnce at all, Then, ain't we 'asty fixin' up this ball? A little tournament at Bridge is my Idear," sez Peter. ...

— Digger Smith • C. J. Dennis

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