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mjɛvʀəʀi1) (de personne, parole, sourire) vapidity; (de roman, musique) soppiness; (de compliment, d'excuse) feebleness2) (parole, action)* * *mjɛvʀəʀi nfsoppiness, sickly sentimentality* * *mièvrerie nf1 (de personne, charme, parole, sourire) vapidity; (de roman, tableau, musique) soppiness; (de compliment, d'excuse) feebleness;2 (parole, action) tes mièvreries m'agacent your simpering ways get on my nerves.[mjɛvrəri] nom féminin[sentimentalité] mawkishness[caractère maniéré] sickly affectation2. [acte] mawkish behaviour (substantif non comptable) -
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sentimental, e (masculine plural - aux) [sɑ̃timɑ̃tal, o]1. adjectivea. [personne] romanticb. [raisons, voyage] sentimental• cette bague a une grande valeur sentimentale pour moi this ring is of great sentimental value to mec. [aventure, vie] love• sa vie était un échec sur le plan sentimental as far as relationships were concerned, his life was a failured. (pejorative) [chanson, film, personne] sentimental2. masculine noun, feminine noun* * *
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sentimentale, mpl - aux sɑ̃timɑ̃tal, o adjectif1) [attachement] sentimental; [vie] love (épith); [relations] romanticsur le plan sentimental — ( dans un horoscope) on the romance front
2) ( sensible) sentimental, romantic
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nom masculin, féminin sentimental person* * *sɑ̃timɑ̃tal, o sentimental, -esentimentaux mpl adj1) (personne, valeur) sentimental2) (vie, aventure) love modif* * *A adj1 ( relatif à l'amour) [vie, intrigue] love ( épith); [relations] romantic; dans le domaine sentimental, sur le plan sentimental ( dans un horoscope) on the romance front;2 ( affectif) [attachement, raisons] sentimental; ‘pourquoi les gardes-tu?’-‘c'est sentimental’ ‘why do you keep them?’-‘for sentimental reasons’;3 ( sensible) [personne, public] sentimental, romantic;4 ( d'une sensiblerie mièvre) [attitude, chanson] sentimental; faire un portrait sentimental de qn to draw a sentimental picture of sb.B nm,f sentimental person; c'est un sentimental he's very sentimental.1. [affectif] sentimental————————c'est un grand sentimental he's a sentimentalist, he's very sentimental
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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