hokey vs mawkish what difference

what is difference between hokey and mawkish

English

Alternative forms

• hokie, hoaky, hoky

Etymology

From the verb hoke (“to give an artificial feel to”), from hokum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊki/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhoʊki/

  Rhymes: -əʊki

Adjective

hokey (comparative hokier, superlative hokiest)

1. (US, colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality

2. (US, colloquial) corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental

   Synonyms: cheesy, kitschy

Related terms

• hokiness
• hoke
• hokum

Translations

See also

• Hokey Cokey
• hokeypokey
• hokey-tokey

Further reading

• “hokey”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Alternative forms

• maukish (obsolete)

Etymology

From mawk +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːkɪʃ/
• (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːkɪʃ/

Adjective

mawkish (comparative more mawkish, superlative most mawkish)

1. (archaic or dialectal) Feeling sick, queasy.
2. (archaic) Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
3. Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment; maudlin.
   • 2014 August 11, w:Dave Itzkoff, “Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide,” New York Times

     Some of Mr. Williams’s performances were criticized for a mawkish sentimentality, like “Patch Adams,” a 1998 film that once again cast him as a good-hearted doctor, and “Bicentennial Man,” a 1999 science-fiction feature in which he played an android.

Synonyms

• (excessively or falsely sentimental): cutesy, schmaltzy

Antonyms

• (excessively or falsely sentimental): rational

Anagrams

• hawkism

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