mawkishadjective
uk/ˈmɔː.kɪʃ/us/ˈmɑː.kɪʃ/showing emotion or love in an awkward or silly way:
The film lapses into mawkish sentimentality near the end.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sentimental and over-emotional
- cloying
- mush
- mushy
- sappy
- schmaltz
- sentimental
- sentimentalism
- sickly
- sloppy
- slush
- slushy
- soppy
- syrupy
- treacly
mawkishly
adverb uk/ˈmɔː.kɪʃ.li/us/ˈmɑː.kɪʃ.li/
mawkishness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈmɔː.kɪʃ.nəs/us/ˈmɑː.kɪʃ.nəs/