ADJECTIVE | all | mawkish, bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy | effusively or insincerely emotional |
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Sounds | mao'kihsh | |
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Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... |
Meaning | effusively or insincerely emotional. | |
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Synonyms | bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy | |
Broader | emotional | Of more than usual emotion |
Spanish | lloraduelos, llorica, remilgado, sensiblero, sentimentaloide | |
Catalan | llagrimós, sentimental | |
Nouns | mawkishness | falsely emotional in a maudlin way |
mawkishness | insincere pathos | |
Adverbs | mawkishly | in a mawkish and emotional manner |
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