The Clue
Cornball (5 letter answer)
The Answer
HOKEY
Tags
Notes
The answer HOKEY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
Related Clues
Contrived
Mawkish
Definition
HOKEY as an adjective:
1. (bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy) = effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
2. (artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted) = 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"