hokey

Adjective
  1. Effusively or insincerely emotional (synset 300857592)
    "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
    similar to: emotional - of more than usual emotion
    same as: bathetic, drippy, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy
  2. Artificially formal (synset 300074073)
    "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"
    similar to: affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
    same as: artificial, contrived, stilted

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