- mawkishness
- noun see mawkish
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
mawkishness
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Mawkishness — Mawk ish*ness, n. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mawkishness — See mawkishly. * * * … Universalium
mawkishness — noun The property of being mawkish … Wiktionary
mawkishness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional: bathos, maudlinism, senti mentalism, sentimentality. Informal: mush, mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness. Slang: sappiness. See FEELINGS … English dictionary for students
mawkishness — mÉ”Ëkɪʃnɪs n. excessive sensitivity to the point of ridiculousness; state of being mawkish … English contemporary dictionary
mawkishness — n unpleasantness, insipidity, flatness, staleness, sourness; sentimentality, Sl. drip, romanticism; mush, Sl. glop, slushiness, gushiness, soppiness, drivel, slather … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
mawkishness — mawk·ish·ness … English syllables
mawkishness — See: mawkish … English dictionary
mawkishness — noun 1. insincere pathos • Syn: ↑bathos • Derivationally related forms: ↑mawkish • Hypernyms: ↑sentimentality 2. falsely emotional in a maudlin way • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sentimentality — noun 1. falsely emotional in a maudlin way (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑mawkishness, ↑drippiness, ↑mushiness, ↑soupiness, ↑sloppiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sloppy ( … Useful english dictionary
