Hokey - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈhəʊkɪ|
Brit.
|ˈhəʊkɪ|
adjective
- effusively or insincerely emotional (syn: drippy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy)
- artificially formal (syn: artificial, contrived, stilted)
- artificially formal (syn: artificial, contrived, stilted)
Extra examples
She gave us some hokey excuse for being late.
...their father's sense of humor was hokey beyond belief and most people's endurance...
Word forms
adjective
comparative: hokier
superlative: hokiest
comparative: hokier
superlative: hokiest
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