mawkishness
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- insincere pathosSynonyms: bathosType of sentimentality
- falsely emotional in a maudlin waySynonyms: sentimentalitydrippinessmushinesssoupinesssloppinessType of emotionality, emotionalismKinds sentimentalism, corn, schmaltz
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mawk′ish·ness noun
The quality or state of being mawkish. Cardinal John Henry Newman
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54