Dictionary Entry

hokey

hokey is a 5-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: artificially formal. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 13 · 2 senses

Definitions

1adjective
artificially formal
"that artificial humility that her husband hated"
"contrived coyness"
Synonyms
artificial contrived stilted
2adjective
effusively or insincerely emotional
"a bathetic novel"
"maudlin expressions of sympathy"
Synonyms
bathetic drippy kitschy maudlin mawkish mushy schmaltzy schmalzy sentimental slushy soppy soupy

Synonyms

artificial contrived stilted bathetic drippy kitschy maudlin mawkish mushy schmaltzy schmalzy sentimental slushy soppy soupy

Common word forms

hokeyness

Words from these letters

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