HOKEYNESS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

hokeyness

noun

variants or hokiness

as in corniness

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Recent Examples of hokeyness The direction of Michael Greif and Schele Williams valiantly tries to contain the material’s hokiness without undercutting the wishfulness that lies at the heart of the story’s broad emotional appeal. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026 This is a movie about storytelling that both undermines and embraces the whole idea of storytelling, winking at the hokiness of fairy tales while still believing in them — a satire of the Happily Ever After story and also a prime example of the genre. — Will Leitch, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025

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Noun

The basics of investing are set out in accessible, but not childish, terms, and the little tutorials are free of any hint of edutainment or corniness.

— Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Even the weddings that work overtime to prevent a kind of corniness from slipping in wind up being twice as corny in their own way.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 June 2026

Definition of corniness

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But then there are the moments when the show slows down, and the conscious schmaltz of the mature diva routine comes into sharper focus.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
Use any fat that feels right for the dish -- olive oil, neutral oil, lard, schmaltz, ghee, butter, or coconut oil will all work.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

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Some relative had hanged themselves from the rafter years ago, something about the price of corn and subsidies and ruin, and Carrie said the barn was haunted.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The cotton trials are part of a broader expansion for the company, which introduced four products in 2025 across corn, cotton, sorghum and new application methods.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

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