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The Meaning of hokey
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(adjective satellite) 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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(adjective satellite) effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
Synonyms
drippy
,
schmaltzy
,
sodden
,
sentimental
,
soppy
,
maudlin
,
mushy
,
stilted
,
soupy
,
artificial
,
mawkish
,
kitschy
,
slushy
,
contrived
,
drizzly
,
bathetic
,
schmalzy
,
unreal
,
emotional
Antonyms
unaffected
,
unemotional
Rhymes
aoki
,
begnoche
,
chokey
,
choky
,
cocchi
,
cokie
,
croaky
,
dokey
,
hirosakamoki
,
joki
,
karaoke
,
koeki
,
koki
,
loci
,
locky
,
lokey
,
low-key
,
mazzocchi
,
meloche
,
naoki
,
oakey
,
okie
,
pokey
,
poky
,
quattrocchi
,
quattrochi
,
rocchi
,
skokie
,
smokey
,
smoky
,
soucie