hokey(adjective) adjective1. effusively or insincerely emotionalSimilar word(s): emotional, bathetic, drippy, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy2. artificially formalSimilar word(s): affected, unnatural, artificial, contrived, stilted