mawkish

Adjective
US[maw-kish]/ˈmɔkɪʃ/2 syllables
Synonyms: batheticdrippyhokeymaudlinkitschymushyschmaltzyschmalzysentimentalsappysoppysoupy

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. effusively or insincerely emotional“a bathetic novel”“maudlin expressions of sympathy”“mushy effusiveness”“a schmaltzy song”“sentimental soap operas”“slushy poetry”Synonyms: batheticdrippyhokeymaudlinkitschymushyschmaltzyschmalzysentimentalsappysoppysoupyslushyOpposite unemotionalSimilar emotional
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Mawk′ish adjective

Origin: Orig., maggoty. See Mawk.

1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; slightly nauseating; disgusting.

So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull.— Alexander Pope

2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious. Cardinal John Henry Newman

3. Weakly sentimental; maudlin.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

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