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mawkish

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mawk·ish  (môksh)
adj.
1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental.
2. Sickening or insipid in taste.
[From Middle English mawke, maggot, variant of magot; see maggot.]
mawkish·ly adv.
mawkish·ness n.
mawkish
Adjective
foolishly or embarrassingly sentimental [obsolete mawk maggot]
mawkishness n
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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"
Translations
Spanish mawkish [ˈmɔːkɪʃ] adj → sensiblero, empalagoso
French mawkish [ˈmɔːkɪʃ] adj → mièvre; fade
German mawkish [ˈmɔːkɪʃ] adj → rührselig
Italian mawkish [ˈmɔːkɪʃ] adj → sdolcinato/a; insipido/a
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I am not saying this now from any mawkish kind of remorse.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
At Heidelberg I met a fat veterinary surgeon whose voice broke with sobs as he repeated some mawkish poetry.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
He was astonished at its religious tone, which seemed to him neither mawkish nor sentimental.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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