hok·ey

(hō′kē)

adj. hok·i·er, hok·i·est Slang

1. Mawkishly sentimental; corny.

2. Noticeably contrived; artificial.

hok′i·ly adv.

hok′i·ness, hok′ey·ness n.

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hokey

(ˈhəʊkɪ)

adj

1. corny; sentimental

2. contrived; phoney

[C20: from hokum]

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hok•ey

(ˈhoʊ ki)

adj. hok•i•er, hok•i•est.

1. cloyingly sentimental; mawkish.

2. contrived in an obvious way.

[1915–25; irreg. hok (um) + -y¹]

hok′ey•ness, hok′i•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	hokey - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
	2.	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" stilted, artificial, contrived affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

Translations

flauw melig nep slap zwak

hokey

adj (US inf)

(= phoney) → künstlich; excuse → faul (inf); it’s hokey → das ist Quatsch

(= corny) excuse → abgedroschen; story, song → kitschig

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