hokey, adj.
artificially formal
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
artificial contrived hokey stilted
sample sentences
"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"
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effusively or insincerely emotional
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
bathetic drippy hokey kitschy maudlin mawkish mushy sappy schmaltzy schmalzy sentimental slushy soppy soupy
sample sentences
"a bathetic novel""maudlin expressions of sympathy"
"mushy effusiveness"
"a schmaltzy song"
"sentimental soap operas"
"slushy poetry"
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