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hokey
(encz) | hokey,sentimentální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hokey
(wn) | hokey
adj 1: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";
"maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness";
"a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy
poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin,
mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy,
sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy]
2: 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" [syn: artificial,
contrived, hokey, stilted] |
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chokey
(encz) | chokey, n: |
hokey dinah
(encz) | hokey Dinah, |
Chokey
(gcide) | Choky \Chok"y\ Chokey \Chok"ey\, a.
1. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to
suffocate.
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2. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong
emotion. "A deep and choky voice." --Aytoun.
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The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather
chokey. --T. Hughes.
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chokey
(wn) | chokey
n 1: British slang (dated) for a prison [syn: chokey, choky] |
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