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Mawkish and Mawkishly Definitions

Mawkish

Excessively and objectionably sentimental.

Mawkishly

Excessively and objectionably sentimental.

Mawkish

(Archaic) Having a sickening taste.

Mawkishly

(Archaic) Having a sickening taste.

Mawkish

Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
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Mawkishly

In a mawkish manner.

Mawkish

Feeling sick, queasy.

Mawkishly

In a mawkish way.

Mawkish

(archaic) Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.

Mawkishly

In a mawkish and emotional manner;
The violinist played that piece mawkishly
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Mawkish

Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; slightly nauseating; disgusting.
So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull.

Mawkish

Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.

Mawkish

Weakly sentimental; maudlin.

Mawkish

Effusively or insincerely emotional;
A bathetic novel
Maudlin expressons of sympathy
Mushy effusiveness
A schmaltzy song
Sentimental soap operas
Slushy poetry

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