hokey
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˈhoʊki/
- Informal
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cursi
- He tried to sound sincere, but his words came off as hokey and exaggerated.
- sounds hokey
- pretty hokey
- hokey stuff
As as horribly hokey as that sounds, it's really true.
- As as horribly hokey as that sounds, it's really true.
- And you do this and it sounds just so hokey and non scientific.
- I hope it's not too hokey, but with a quote that I've always loved.
- And this isn't like some hokey thing where he just, you know, said a few words.
- Like I always thought spinning classes were kind of cheesy, kind of hokey.
- So that was my main issue with it was it just felt kind of hokey.
- It's yafei nefesh and it sounds as I fear the title at first glance sounds a little hokey and a little sort of honey coated.
- But Wink Martindale, he, I mean, he hosted a bunch of shows and he was, he was hokey, but I liked him.
- And it's got like the hokey music in the background and some guy comes in and very quickly says work for the NYPD.
- And I'm not saying it's God, I'm I getting on some hokey level there, but I do feel like I'm a conduit for for whatever.
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Now, that may sound hokey, but I believe it.
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What are the nicest or the worst things, or the most hokey things that you remember about the farm?
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You know, it sounds a little hokey, I guess, but it truly it is my life.
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And you do this and it sounds just so hokey and non scientific.
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And this isn't like some hokey thing where he just, you know, said a few words.
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Sounds hokey, but it's true.
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"You looked like a Greek statue," she told him on their third date, knowing it sounded hokey but unable to stop herself.
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I know it sounds hokey, but I honestly believe our lives are about something bigger than ourselves and I'm offering you a chance to commit yourself to something.
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It may sound hokey, but it works for me, So don't judge me.
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It's a little bit hokey, but there's an earnestness in this attempt at poetry.
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Synonyms
165
4.5
Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional
81
5.8
Not original and trying to be touching but it feels silly
56
4.6
Feels too sentimental and silly, like a movie or card
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4.5
A way of acting that is not natural and seems forced
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7.4
Planned or made so it feels artificial and not natural
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4.3
Showing too much emotion in a way that seems silly or fake
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7.0
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
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8.0
Too emotional in a way that seems silly or not sincere
8
8.2
Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste
3
8.2
Too sweet or emotional in a way that makes you feel sick
2
8.7
Too emotional in a way that feels false or silly
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9.4
Showing feelings that are not real and too sweet
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7.9
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
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5.8
Too emotional and sentimental in a way that seems silly
1
5.4
Overly sentimental and emotional in a way that seems false
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9.9
Too sentimental in a way that feels fake or silly
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3.9
Too sweet in taste or too emotional in style
Being very emotional in a way that feels fake
Being too emotional in a cheap, false way
Too sweet and emotional so it feels false
Too emotional and sweet in a way that feels fake
Having too much sugar in taste or feeling too emotional
Too sweet and sentimental in tone or style
A little silly and too sentimental, feeling fake
Too sentimental and not sincere
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Etymology
Hokey probably comes from old show words like hokum or hocus-pocus, which mean 'nonsense' or a 'trick'. So, a hokey thing feels like a cheap trick or something that is fake or too sentimental.