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HOKEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hokey mean?
• HOKEY (adjective)
The adjective HOKEY has 2 senses:
1. effusively or insincerely emotional
2. artificially formal
Familiarity information: HOKEY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Synonyms:
bathetic; drippy; hokey; kitschy; maudlin; mawkish; mushy; sappy; schmaltzy; schmalzy; sentimental; slushy; soppy; soupy
Context example:
slushy poetry
Similar:
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Artificially formal
Synonyms:
artificial; contrived; hokey; stilted
Context example:
when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
Similar:
affected; unnatural (speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression)
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