What does Hokey mean?
Definitions 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"
artificial, 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"
Wiktionary
hokeyadjective
phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality
hokeyadjective
corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental
Etymology: From the verb hoke, from hokum.
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hokey
Hokey refers to something that is overly sentimental, cheesy, or artificial and lacking authenticity or originality. It often describes things that are overly contrived to provoke a certain response, like laughter or tears, and seen as shallow or simplistic.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Hokey in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Hokey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Hokey in a Sentence
I know that kind of sounds hokey in today's day and age, it turns out that the ones with the most loving, supportive, strong social networks... they actually end up with the least amount of cardiovascular disease.
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