mawkishness
1Mawkishness — Mawk ish*ness, n. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] …
2mawkishness — noun see mawkish …
3mawkishness — See mawkishly. * * * …
4mawkishness — noun The property of being mawkish …
5mawkishness — (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 …
6mawkishness — mÉ”Ëkɪʃnɪs n. excessive sensitivity to the point of ridiculousness; state of being mawkish …
7mawkishness — n unpleasantness, insipidity, flatness, staleness, sourness; sentimentality, Sl. drip, romanticism; mush, Sl. glop, slushiness, gushiness, soppiness, drivel, slather …
8mawkishness — mawk·ish·ness …
9mawkishness — See: mawkish …
10mawkishness — noun 1. insincere pathos • Syn: ↑bathos • Derivationally related forms: ↑mawkish • Hypernyms: ↑sentimentality 2. falsely emotional in a maudlin way • Syn: ↑ …
