mawkishness
81mawkish — /ˈmɔkɪʃ / (say mawkish) adjective 1. sickly or slightly nauseating. 2. characterised by sickly sentimentality. {mawk maggot (from Old Norse maðkr) + ish1} –mawkishly, adverb –mawkishness, noun …
82mawkish — [mô′kish] adj. [lit., maggoty < ME mawke, maggot < ON mathkr < IE base * math , gnawing vermin > MOTH] 1. having a sweet, weak, sickening taste; insipid or nauseating 2. sentimental in a weak, insipid way, so as to be sickening… …
83bathetic — adjective effusively or insincerely emotional a bathetic novel maudlin expressions of sympathy mushy effusiveness a schmaltzy song sentimental soap operas slushy poetry • Syn: ↑ …
84emotionalism — noun emotional nature or quality (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑emotionality • Ant: ↑unemotionality (for: ↑emotionality) • Derivationally related forms: ↑emot …
85emotionality — noun emotional nature or quality (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑emotionalism • Ant: ↑unemotionality • Derivationally related forms: ↑emotional • Hypernyms: ↑ …
86kitschy — adjective effusively or insincerely emotional a bathetic novel maudlin expressions of sympathy mushy effusiveness a schmaltzy song sentimental soap operas slushy poetry • Syn: ↑ …
87mawkish — adj. 1 sentimental in a feeble or sickly way. 2 having a faint sickly flavour. Derivatives: mawkishly adv. mawkishness n. Etymology: obs. mawk maggot f. ON mathkr f. Gmc …
88mushy — adjective 1. having the consistency of mush • Similar to: ↑soft • Derivationally related forms: ↑mush, ↑mushiness 2. effusively or insincerely emotional a bathetic novel maudlin expressions of sympathy …
89schmaltzy — adjective effusively or insincerely emotional a bathetic novel maudlin expressions of sympathy mushy effusiveness a schmaltzy song sentimental soap operas slushy poetry • Syn: ↑ …
90schmalz — noun (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music • Syn: ↑schmaltz, ↑shmaltz • Topics: ↑Yiddish • Hypernyms: ↑mawkishness, ↑sentimentality, ↑ …
