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Synonyms for hokey
ˈhoʊ kihokey
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Princeton's WordNet
bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushyadjective
effusively or insincerely emotional
"a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
Synonyms:
drippy, schmaltzy, sodden, sentimental, soppy, maudlin, mushy, stilted, soupy, artificial, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, contrived, drizzly, bathetic, schmalzyAntonyms:
unaffected, unemotionalartificial, contrived, hokey, stiltedadjective
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"
Synonyms:
drippy, schmaltzy, sentimental, soppy, maudlin, mushy, stilted, soupy, artificial, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, contrived, unreal, bathetic, schmalzyAntonyms:
unemotional, unaffected
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#5919 | artificial | |
#13230 | unreal | |
#24701 | sentimental | |
#37301 | contrived | |
#55867 | mushy | |
#66259 | hokey | |
#88481 | maudlin | |
#92354 | stilted | |
#102515 | soupy | |
#108633 | kitschy | |
#109460 | sodden | |
#123144 | slushy | |
#132332 | drizzly | |
#137192 | drippy | |
#177949 | soppy | |
#203989 | mawkish | |
#230687 | schmaltzy |
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