mawkishness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *mawkishness*:
NOUN	feeling	mawkishness, bathos	insincere pathos
attribute	mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness	falsely emotional in a maudlin way

English > *mawkishness*: 2 senses > noun 1, feeling
Meaning	insincere pathos.
Synonym	bathos
Broader	sentimentality	extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
Spanish	sensiblería, sentimentalismo
Adjectives	mawkish	effusively or insincerely emotional

English > *mawkishness*: 2 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	falsely emotional in a maudlin way.
Synonyms	sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness
Narrower	corn	Something sentimental or trite
	schmaltz, shmaltz, schmalz	(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
	sentimentalism	A predilection for sentimentality
Broader	emotionality, emotionalism	emotional nature or quality
Spanish	blandenguería, cursilería, sensiblería, sentimentalismo, superficialidad, susceptibilidad
Catalan	sensibleria
Adjectives	mawkish	effusively or insincerely emotional

HyperDic: mawkishness