| Word | Definitions | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|
| hokey | (adjective) artificially formal | Synonyms: artificial, contrived, stilted |
| (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy | |
| hokum | (noun) a message that seems to convey no meaning | Synonyms: bunk, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality |