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Mawkishness

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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.
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Noun1.mawkishness - insincere pathos
bathos
sentimentality - extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
2.mawkishness - falsely emotional in a maudlin way
sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness
emotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or quality
corn - something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"
schmaltz, schmalz, shmaltz - (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
sentimentalism - a predilection for sentimentality
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"You see," he murmured in Alexander's ear, as the curtain fell on the first act, "one almost never sees a part like that done without smartness or mawkishness.
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