hokier
ki adjective, hok·i·er, hok·i·est.
1.
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.
2.
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.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | corny; sentimental |
| 2. | contrived; phoney |
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hokey definition[ˈhoki]
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