as in cornball
tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated
their father's sense of humor was hokey beyond belief and most people's endurance
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Recent Examples of hokey
Somehow the 200-acre eco-theme park avoids being hokey and trite—the biologists and naturalists here take their work seriously.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
What ultimately keeps the house from feeling hokey or trite is Glazer’s commitment to her all-encompassing taste.
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Mark Lamster
architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
With no internet, their only entertainment comes from booze, ping-pong, rudimentary video games, and VHS tapes of hokey old game shows.
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Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
21 Nov. 2025
After an awesomely hokey prologue that deprives Det.
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Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hokey
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
What ultimately keeps the house from feeling hokey or trite is Glazer’s commitment to her all-encompassing taste.
—
Mark Lamster
architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
With no internet, their only entertainment comes from booze, ping-pong, rudimentary video games, and VHS tapes of hokey old game shows.
—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
21 Nov. 2025
After an awesomely hokey prologue that deprives Det.
—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hokey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hokey
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Generations of ski families flocked to his films every fall to get revved up for a new ski season and laugh at his cornball humor.
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Davis and Head make strong impressions, masking the pedestrian, sometimes cornball dialogue.
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It’s also loved for its rustic appearance, crisp crust, airy interior and potential nutritional benefits, including being easier to digest than many other types of bread.
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Even better, every color of this space-saving design is on sale right now—from rustic walnut and classic black to neutral navy blue.
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Yamal is most likely your favorite player’s favorite player to watch, to steal a somewhat corny adage.
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Own the fact that this song is epically corny and sounds like ChatGPT vomited into a microphone.
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Growing up in Brookville, OH, my family would call this kid corn-fed.
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The Lycra Company has corn-fed stretch.
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“Hokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hokey. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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