HOKEY

• (adj.) artificially formal

  "that artificial humility that her husband hated", "contrived coyness", "a stilted letter of acknowledgment", "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"

  synonyms : artificial , contrived , stilted

  con => corn & tri => tree.. so if you ever see a corn tree anywhere, then it must be artificial because corn trees don't exist -added by rajat jain

• (adj.) effusively or insincerely emotional

  "a bathetic novel", "maudlin expressions of sympathy", "mushy effusiveness", "a schmaltzy song", "sentimental soap operas", "slushy poetry"

  synonyms : bathetic , drippy , kitschy , maudlin , mawkish , mushy , schmaltzy , schmalzy , sentimental , slushy , soppy , soupy

  The movie was a mawkish love story. -added by naila_inlas

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