mawkishness

mawk·ish

M0161000 (mô′kĭsh)adj.1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental.2. Archaic Having a sickening taste.

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[From Middle English mawke, maggot, variant of magot; see maggot.]

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mawk′ish·ly adv.mawk′ish·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mawkishness - insincere pathos bathossentimentality - extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
	2.	mawkishness - falsely emotional in a maudlin waysentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppinessemotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or qualitycorn - something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"schmaltz, schmalz, shmaltz - (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or musicsentimentalism - a predilection for sentimentality

mawkishness

nounThe quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:bathos, maudlinism, sentimentalism, sentimentality.Informal: mush, mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness.Slang: sappiness.

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