hokiness
Excessive saccharine quality
Hokiness is the quality of being hokey—corny, overly sentimental, or contrived in a way that feels cheap or insincere.
The word suggests something trying too hard to be heartwarming or entertaining: The hokiness of the Christmas special was almost charming, I couldn't get past the hokiness of the dialogue.
Cheap and insincere
- clichéOverused, unoriginal expression
- triteOverused, lacking freshness
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
- banalUnoriginal and dull
campy · hammy · schmaltzy · melodramatic · overwrought · sappy · tacky · predictable
Excessively and insincerely sentimental
- sappyExcessively sentimental
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- weepyInclined to cry
- mushySoft or saccharine
gushy · syrupy · treacly · tear-jerking · cloying · soppy · bathetic · overwrought
Vulgar or slightly sticky
camp · flashy · tasteless · vulgar · ostentatious · cheap · tawdry · lowbrow
Fraudulent person or thing
- fakeNot the real thing
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
- insincereFeigning belief or feeling
- affectedArtificially contrived behavior
gimmicky · manufactured · forced · put-on · sham · pretentious · calculated · staged
cheesy
Cheap and insincere
- clichéOverused, unoriginal expression
- triteOverused, lacking freshness
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
banal · campy · hammy · schmaltzy · melodramatic · overwrought · sappy · tacky · predictable · unoriginal
schmaltzy
Excessively and insincerely sentimental
mushy · gushy · syrupy · treacly · tear-jerking · cloying · soppy · bathetic · overwrought · saccharine
tacky
Vulgar or slightly sticky
chintzy · camp · flashy · tasteless · vulgar · ostentatious · cheap · tawdry · lowbrow · gimmicky
phony
Fraudulent person or thing
- fakeNot the real thing
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
- insincereFeigning belief or feeling
affected · gimmicky · manufactured · forced · put-on · sham · pretentious · calculated · staged · theatrical
hokinesssophistication
Cultured elegance and complexity
refinement · elegance · subtlety · nuance · classiness
hokinessauthenticity
Quality of being genuine
genuineness · sincerity · earnestness · truthfulness · credibility