mawkish

[ maw-kish ]

/ ˈmɔ kɪʃ /

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adjective

characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.

having a mildly sickening flavor; slightly nauseating.

Origin of mawkish

1660–70; obsolete mawk maggot (late Middle English < Old Norse mathkr maggot) + -ish¹. See maggot

SYNONYMS FOR mawkish

1 sentimental, teary.

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OTHER WORDS FROM mawkish

mawk·ish·ly, adverb mawk·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby mawkish

mavourneen, mavun, maw, mawger, mawkin, mawkish, mawlamyine, mawlid, mawson, max, max müller

Example sentences from the Web for mawkishness

In this expectancy of death there is no mawkishness, no pose.

Comrade Kropotkin |Victor Robinson
There is nothing in it of the mawkishness of Kelly nor of the pompous affectation of Cumberland.

Their Majesties' Servants (Volume 2 of 3) |John Doran
If you deny them to the latter, all you get is poverty of ideas, and morbidity, and mawkishness.

Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge |Arthur Christopher Benson
The ladies, watching him, seemed by their eyes to condone the mawkishness of the demonstration which had tempted him.

The Market-Place |Harold Frederic

Nor is there any mawkishness or cheap surface sentimentality in it all.

Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4 |Charles Dudley Warner

British Dictionary definitions for mawkishness

mawkish

/ (ˈmɔːkɪʃ) /

adjective

falsely sentimental, esp in a weak or maudlin way

nauseating or insipid in flavour, smell, etc

Derived forms of mawkish

mawkishly, adverb mawkishness, noun

Word Origin for mawkish

C17: from obsolete mawk maggot + -ish

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