mawkish English

Meaning mawkish meaning

What does mawkish mean?

mawkish

— adjective (= bathetic, maudlin, mushy, schmaltzy, sentimental, slushy) effusively or insincerely emotional a bathetic novel maudlin expressions of sympathy mushy effusiveness a schmaltzy song sentimental soap operas slushy poetry

Synonyms mawkish synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as mawkish?

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sentimental

maudlin

drippy

soupy

soppy

slushy

schmalzy

mushy

kitschy

bathetic

schmaltzy

hokey

gooey

emotional

wishy-washy

weepy

wambly

wallowish

vapid

twee

treacly

teary

tasteless

syrupy

sugary

sticky

squeamish

silly

sickly

sickening

sick to one’s stomach

shocking

sappy

punk

prosy

nauseous

nauseatic

namby pamby

mawmish

loathsome

loathly

loathful

liverish

insipid

gushing

fulsome

emetic

disgusting

corny

cloying