hokey
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adjective- 1.
(US, colloquial)Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.
When asked for his book report, Chad came up with a series of hokier and hokier excuses.
I thought the windshield wiper blades were a little hokey when I saw their cheap packaging.
- 2.
(US, colloquial)Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.
Terry hated going to the cinema with Pat; she always chose hokey romantic comedies that made him want to gag.
Đồng nghĩa: cheesy, kitschy, schmaltzy, bathetic, cheesy, corny, drippy, gooey, hokey, icky, kitsch, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, overemotional, oversentimental, overwrought, sappy, schmaltzy, sickly sweet, slushy, soppy, soupy, syrupy, treacly
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From the verb hoke ("to give an artificial feel to" [from hokum]) --y.