Mawkish (Adjective)
Meaning
Effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The mawkish sentimentality of the greeting card made her roll her eyes in disgust.
- The movie's mawkish portrayal of love was overly sappy and unrealistic.
- The politician's mawkish speech about his family's struggles was seen as a desperate attempt to gain sympathy.
- The mawkish language used in the poem made it sound like a parody of romantic verse.
- The mawkish tone of the eulogy was at odds with the deceased's irreverent sense of humor.