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)
- (US, colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality
- (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)
- (archaic or dialectal) Feeling sick, queasy.
- (archaic) Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
- 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.
- 2014 August 11, w:Dave Itzkoff, “Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide,” New York Times
Synonyms
- (excessively or falsely sentimental): cutesy, schmaltzy
Antonyms
- (excessively or falsely sentimental): rational
Anagrams
- hawkism
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