hokey
Adjective Satellite
- effusively or insincerely emotional
- artificially formal
Adj
- Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.
- Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.
Adjective
- Artificially sentimental, contrived, or unconvincing.
Examples
- His opponent’s HOKEY excuse for not knowing a word was met with skepticism.
- I thought the windshield wiper blades were a little hokey when I saw their cheap packaging.
- Terry hated going to the cinema with Pat; she always chose hokey romantic comedies that made him want to gag.
- When asked for his book report, Chad came up with a series of hokier and hokier excuses.
Origin / Etymology
From the verb hoke (“to give an artificial feel to”), from hokum.
Synonyms
artificial, bathetic, contrived, drippy, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, stilted, cheesy
Scrabble Score: 15
hokey: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhokey: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hokey: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary