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1 sensiblero
adj.1 tearfully sentimental, overly sentimental, maudlin, foolishly sentimental.2 soppy, corny, drippy, slushy.* * *► adjetivo1 mawkish, sentimental* * *ADJ sentimental, slushy ** * *- ra adjetivo (pey) < persona> overly sentimental, mawkish; <novela/película> mawkish, schmaltzy (colloq)* * *= maudlin, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], touchy-feely.Ex. 'But human creatures must not help each other nor must they make any maudlin twist'.Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.Ex. He said all this touchy-feely stuff was nonsense, that the only things that mattered were the bottom line and meeting targets.* * *- ra adjetivo (pey) < persona> overly sentimental, mawkish; <novela/película> mawkish, schmaltzy (colloq)* * *= maudlin, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], touchy-feely.Ex: 'But human creatures must not help each other nor must they make any maudlin twist'.
Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.Ex: He said all this touchy-feely stuff was nonsense, that the only things that mattered were the bottom line and meeting targets.* * *sensiblero -ra( pey); ‹persona› overly sentimental, mawkish; ‹novela/película› mawkish, schmaltzy ( colloq), slushy ( colloq)* * *
sensiblero◊ -ra adjetivo (pey) mawkish
sensiblero,-a adj pey (persona) mawkish
(obra, novela) mushy
' sensiblero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sensiblera
English:
maudlin
- sentimental
- sloppy
- touchy-feely
- corny
- schmaltzy
* * *sensiblero, -a adjPey mushy, sloppy* * *adj sentimental, schmaltzy fam* * *sensiblero, -ra adj: mawkish, sentimental, mushy -
2 sentimentaloide
adj.1 mushy, sloppy.2 foolishly sentimental, corny, drippy, soppy.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar schmaltzy, gooey, over-sentimental* * *= mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], touchy-feely.Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.Ex. He said all this touchy-feely stuff was nonsense, that the only things that mattered were the bottom line and meeting targets.* * *= mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], touchy-feely.Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
Ex: He said all this touchy-feely stuff was nonsense, that the only things that mattered were the bottom line and meeting targets.* * *( fam); ‹novela/poema› schmaltzy ( colloq), slushy ( colloq); ‹persona› mawkish, soppy ( BrE colloq)se puso sentimentaloide she went all mawkish o soppy* * *sentimentaloide adjPey mushy, sloppy -
3 sensiblera
sensiblero,-a adj pey (persona) mawkish
(obra, novela) mushy
' sensiblera' also found in these entries:
English:
soppy
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4 empalagosamente zalamero
• cloyingly sweet• mawkishDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > empalagosamente zalamero
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5 repugnantemente zalamero
• cloyingly sweet• fulsome• mawkish• offensively flattering• overnice• sickeningly sweet• unctuousDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > repugnantemente zalamero
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6 empalagosamente sensiblero
adj.overly sentimental, mawkish, treacly. -
7 empalagosamente zalamero
adj.cloyingly sweet, cajoling, mawkish, saccharine. -
8 sensibloide
adj.falsely sentimental, mawkish.f. & m.falsely sentimental individual.
См. также в других словарях:
Mawkish — Mawk ish, a. [Orig., maggoty. See {Mawk}.] 1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; slightly nauseating; disgusting. [1913 Webster] So sweetly mawkish , and so smoothly dull. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Easily disgusted; squeamish;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mawkish — index unsavory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
mawkish — 1660s, sickly, nauseated, from M.E. mawke maggot (see MAGGOT (Cf. maggot)). Sense of sickly sentimental is first recorded 1702. Related: Mawkishly; mawkishness … Etymology dictionary
mawkish — maudlin, *sentimental, romantic, soppy, mushy, slushy Analogous words: flat, vapid, jejune, *insipid, banal, inane … New Dictionary of Synonyms
mawkish — [adj] sentimental, emotional bathetic, cloying, feeble, gooey*, gushing, gushy*, lovey dovey*, maudlin, mushy*, nauseating, romantic, sappy*, schmaltzy*, sickening, sloppy, tear jerking*, teary; concepts 401,542 Ant. calm, serious, unemotional … New thesaurus
mawkish — ► ADJECTIVE 1) sentimental in a feeble or sickly way. 2) archaic or dialect having a faint sickly flavour. ORIGIN from obsolete mawk maggot … English terms dictionary
mawkish — [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… … English World dictionary
mawkish — [17] The underlying meaning of mawkish is ‘maggotish’. It was derived from a now obsolete word mawk, which meant literally ‘maggot’ but was used figuratively (like maggot itself) for a ‘whim’ or ‘fastidious fancy’. Hence mawkish originally meant… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
mawkish — [[t]mɔ͟ːkɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) You can describe something as mawkish when you think it is sentimental and silly. A sordid, sentimental plot unwinds, with an inevitable mawkish ending. Syn: nauseating, soppy … English dictionary
mawkish — [17] The underlying meaning of mawkish is ‘maggotish’. It was derived from a now obsolete word mawk, which meant literally ‘maggot’ but was used figuratively (like maggot itself) for a ‘whim’ or ‘fastidious fancy’. Hence mawkish originally meant… … Word origins
mawkish — adj. Mawkish is used with these nouns: ↑sentiment … Collocations dictionary