hokey

Adjective (2)

1. effusively or insincerely emotional“a bathetic novel”“maudlin expressions of sympathy”“mushy effusiveness”“a schmaltzy song”“sentimental soap operas”“slushy poetry”Synonyms: batheticdrippymaudlinmawkishkitschymushyschmaltzyschmalzysentimentalsappysoppysoupyslushyOpposite unemotionalSimilar emotional
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”Synonyms: artificialcontrivedstiltedOpposite unaffectedSimilar affected, unnatural