mawkishness

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mawk·ish (mô

sh)

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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Noun	1.	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

Translations

mawkishness [ˈmɔːkɪʃnɪs] N → sensiblería f, insulsez f

mawkishness

n → Rührseligkeit f, → Sentimentalität f

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