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 | |
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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. | |
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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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