HyperDic: mawkish

English > 1 sense of the word mawkish:
ADJECTIVEallmawkish, bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushyeffusively or insincerely emotional
mawkish > pronunciation
Soundsmao'kihsh
Rhymesabolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh...
English > mawkish: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningeffusively or insincerely emotional.
Synonymsbathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy
BroaderemotionalOf more than usual emotion
Spanishlloraduelos, llorica, remilgado, sensiblero, sentimentaloide
Catalanllagrimós, sentimental
Nounsmawkishnessfalsely emotional in a maudlin way
mawkishnessinsincere pathos
Adverbsmawkishlyin a mawkish and emotional manner

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