hokey

英 [ˈhəʊki]

美 [ˈhoʊki]

adj.  矫揉造作的; 夸张可笑的

COCA.38543

牛津词典

adj.

• 矫揉造作的；夸张可笑的
  expressing emotions in a way that seems exaggerated or silly

英英释义

adj

• artificially formal
  1. that artificial humility that her husband hated
  2. contrived coyness
  3. a stilted letter of acknowledgment
  4. when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
  Synonym:artificialcontrivedstilted
• effusively or insincerely emotional
  1. a bathetic novel
  2. maudlin expressions of sympathy
  3. mushy effusiveness
  4. a schmaltzy song
  5. sentimental soap operas
  6. slushy poetry
  Synonym:batheticdrippymaudlinmawkishkitschymushyschmaltzyschmalzysentimentalsoppysoupyslushy

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