as in rustical
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
War Horse Year: 2011 Runtime: 2h 26m Easily mocked — most notably in a clever Saturday Night Live sketch — this film is hokey and overly earnest yet still pretty much works, thanks to a committed British cast and Spielberg’s dogged mythmaking.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
Composer Ludwig Göransson’s Delta blues score is hokey, with the soul of spending a day at a living history reenactment.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 25 Apr. 2025
In a less convincing performance, Guth’s goth staging might quickly start to look hokey.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
Mina-Rau, with its floating silos and sweeping fields, just feels much more lived-in and realistic than Snyder’s hokey Veldt.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
Composer Ludwig Göransson’s Delta blues score is hokey, with the soul of spending a day at a living history reenactment.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 25 Apr. 2025
In a less convincing performance, Guth’s goth staging might quickly start to look hokey.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
Mina-Rau, with its floating silos and sweeping fields, just feels much more lived-in and realistic than Snyder’s hokey Veldt.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hokey
Adjective
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There’s a fair share of cornball dialogue in Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz’s screenplay, as well as an excess of reassuring schmaltz at the fadeout.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2024
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Another scream for this bad, unabashedly cornball line.—
Evan Minsker,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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For the best experience, book one of 60 spots at the 100-year-old LeConte Lodge which features multi-room lodges and rustic cabins.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 2025
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The ambience is rustic and relaxed, without a whiff of the tension food done this well sometimes generates.—
Jeannette Cooperman,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Cheering for such idealism used to feel corny; all the cool, caped crusaders had ethical kinks.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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Still, the director indulges in a few twists that are obvious and a bit corny, especially in the closing act.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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“Hokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hokey. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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