| ADJECTIVE | all | hokey, bathetic, drippy, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy | effusively or insincerely emotional |
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| all | hokey, artificial, contrived, stilted | artificially formal |
| Sounds | hhow'kiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy... | |
| Meaning | effusively or insincerely emotional. | |
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| Synonyms | bathetic, drippy, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy | |
| Broader | emotional | Of more than usual emotion |
| Spanish | lloraduelos, llorica, remilgado, sensiblero, sentimentaloide | |
| Catalan | llagrimós, sentimental | |
| Meaning | artificially formal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | artificial, contrived, stilted | |
| Broader | affected, unnatural | speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression |
| Spanish | afectado, artificial, forzado | |
| Catalan | afectat, artificial, forçat | |
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