Definition of Hokey

Adjective: hokey (hokier,hokiest) how-kee
Usage: N. Amer

Effusively or insincerely emotional
"a hokey novel";
- bathetic, drippy, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy, gooey, cutesy, cheesy, sappy [N. Amer]
Artificially formal
- artificial, contrived, stilted