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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.

Synonyms

  • Schmaltzy
  • Sappy
  • Hokey
  • Maudlin
  • Soupy
  • Drippy
  • Slushy
  • Bathetic
  • Kitschy
  • Soppy
  • Mushy
  • Sentimental
  • Schmalzy

Related Words

  • Mawkishness (noun)
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