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MAWKISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mawkish mean?
• MAWKISH (adjective)
The adjective MAWKISH has 1 sense:
1. effusively or insincerely emotional
Familiarity information: MAWKISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Synonyms:
bathetic; drippy; hokey; kitschy; maudlin; mawkish; mushy; sappy; schmaltzy; schmalzy; sentimental; slushy; soppy; soupy
Context example:
slushy poetry
Similar:
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
Derivation:
mawkishness (falsely emotional in a maudlin way)
mawkishness (insincere pathos)
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