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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
Translations
mawkishness [ˈmɔːkɪʃnɪs] N → sensiblería f, insulsez f
mawkishness
n → Rührseligkeit f, → Sentimentalität f


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