Translation meaning & definition of the word "hokey" into Dutch language
Vertaling betekenis & definitie van het woord "hokey" in de Nederlandse taal
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Hokey
[Hokey]/hoʊki/
adjective
1. Effusively or insincerely emotional
- "A bathetic novel"
- "Maudlin expressions of sympathy"
- "Mushy effusiveness"
- "A schmaltzy song"
- "Sentimental soap operas"
- "Slushy poetry"
- synonym:
- bathetic ,
- drippy ,
- hokey ,
- maudlin ,
- mawkish ,
- kitschy ,
- mushy ,
- schmaltzy ,
- schmalzy ,
- sentimental ,
- soppy ,
- soupy ,
- slushy
1. Uitbundig of onoprecht emotioneel
- "Een bathetische roman"
- "Maudlin uitingen van sympathie"
- "Mushy effusiveness"
- "Een schmaltzy lied"
- "Sentimentele soaps"
- "Slushy poetry"
- synoniem:
- bathetisch ,
- druipend ,
- hokey ,
- maudlin ,
- mawkish ,
- kitschy ,
- papperig ,
- schmaltzy ,
- schmalzy ,
- sentimenteel ,
- soppig ,
- soepachtig ,
- modderig
2. 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"
- synonym:
- artificial ,
- contrived ,
- hokey ,
- stilted
2. Kunstmatig formeel
- "Die kunstmatige nederigheid die haar man haatte"
- "Geconriveerde terughoudendheid"
- "Een hoogdravende bevestigingsbrief"
- "Wanneer mensen hun spraak proberen te corrigeren, ontwikkelen ze een gestilte uitspraak"
- synoniem:
- kunstmatig ,
- gekunsteld ,
- hokey ,
- stil