mawkish

mawk·ish  (môksh)

adj.

1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental.

2. Sickening or insipid in taste.

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[From Middle English mawke, maggot, variant of magot; see maggot.]

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mawkish·ly adv.

mawkish·ness n.

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mawkish [ˈmɔːkɪʃ]

adj

1. falsely sentimental, esp in a weak or maudlin way

2. nauseating or insipid in flavour, smell, etc.

[from obsolete mawk maggot + -ish]

mawkishly  adv

mawkishness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

mawkish - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" hokey, kitschy, maudlin, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"

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mawkish

adjective sentimental, emotional, feeble, mushy (informal), soppy (Brit. informal), maudlin, slushy (informal), schmaltzy (slang), icky (informal), gushy (informal), three-hankie (informal) a sentimental plot with an inevitable mawkish ending

Translations

mawkish [ˈmɔːkɪʃ] ADJ → empalagoso, sensiblero, insulso

mawkish [ˈmɔːkɪʃ] adj [film, play, scene, sentimentality] → mièvre

mawkish

adj → rührselig, sentimental

mawkish [ˈmɔːkɪʃ] adj → svenevole, sdolcinato/a, insipido/a