ALL meanings of hokey
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H h - adjective hokey overly sentimental; mawkish: Two glasses of wine and he gets unbearably hokey; it's hard to believe he's a highly paid executive! Synonyms: corny, maudlin, melodramatic, cloying, goopy, mushy. 1
- adjective hokey obviously contrived, especially to win popular appeal or support; phony: The hokey stories of his impoverished childhood always surface at election time. Synonyms: fake, false, artificial, counterfeit, sham, spurious. 1
- adjective hokey artificial or sentimental 1
- noun hokey Mawkishly sentimental. 1
- adjective hokey (Colloquial) (US) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality. 0
- adjective hokey (Colloquial) (US) corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental. 0
- adjective hokey corny; sentimental 0
- adjective hokey contrived; phoney 0