Word of the Day 12.6.08
mawkish
mawk·ish (mô
k
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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| 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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