hokiness是什么意思

2023-12-23 08:34:16

hokiness

美[hoʊki] 英[həʊki]

adj. <美俚>虚情假意的；做作的

副词：hokily 比较级：hokier 最高级：hokiest 名词：hokiness

近义词：sentimental，contrived，soppy，bathetic，kitschy，drippy，artificial，schmaltzy，mawkish，soupy，schmalzy，mushy，slushy，maudlin，stilted，

Adjective

effusively or insincerely emotional;
"a bathetic novel" "maudlin expressions of sympathy" "mushy effusiveness" "a schmaltzy song" "sentimental soap operas" "slushy poetry"
artificially formal;
"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"