Hokey example sentences

hok·ey

adjective NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH informal

hokey (adjective) · hokier (comparative adjective) · hokiest (superlative adjective)

  - trite, sentimental, or clichéd:

  - noticeably contrived:

Synonyms

mawkish, oversentimental, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugarcoated, syrupy, romantic, touching, pathetic, twee, slushy, sloppy, mushy, weepy, schmaltzy, cutesy, gooey, drippy, sloshy, soupy, treacly, cheesy, corny, icky, soppy, cornball, sappy, gritty, unsentimental, realistic, hardheaded, forced, strained, studied, artificial, affected, pretended, false, feigned, manufactured, unnatural, labored, overdone, elaborate, fakey, natural, spontaneous, Legal

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