Defenition of the word mawkish

• Defenition of the word mawkish

  • Effusively or insincerely emotional.
  • effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
  • effusively or insincerely emotional

Synonyms for the word mawkish

• • bathetic
  • maudlin
  • mushy
  • over-sentimental
  • overemotional
  • sappy
  • schmaltzy
  • schmalzy
  • self-pitying
  • sentimental
  • slushy
  • syrupy
  • weepy

Similar words in the mawkish

• • emotional
  • mawkish
  • mawkishly

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