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hokey vs mawkish

mawkish vs hokey

hokey and mawkish both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hokey No Yes No No
mawkish No Yes No No
As adjectives, hokey and mawkish are synonyms defined as:
  • hokey and mawkish: effusively or insincerely emotional
Other synonyms of hokey include bathetic, drippy, kitschy, maudlin, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy.
hokey (adjective) mawkish (adjective)
artificially formal effusively or insincerely emotional
effusively or insincerely emotional
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