mawkishness

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• Mawkishness — Mawk ish*ness, n. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mawkishness — noun see mawkish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mawkishness — See mawkishly. * * * …   Universalium

• mawkishness — noun The property of being mawkish …   Wiktionary

• mawkishness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional: bathos, maudlinism, senti mentalism, sentimentality. Informal: mush, mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness. Slang: sappiness. See FEELINGS …   English dictionary for students

• mawkishness — mɔːkɪʃnɪs n. excessive sensitivity to the point of ridiculousness; state of being mawkish …   English contemporary dictionary

• mawkishness — n unpleasantness, insipidity, flatness, staleness, sourness; sentimentality, Sl. drip, romanticism; mush, Sl. glop, slushiness, gushiness, soppiness, drivel, slather …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• mawkishness — mawk·ish·ness …   English syllables

• mawkishness — See: mawkish …   English dictionary

• mawkishness — noun 1. insincere pathos • Syn: ↑bathos • Derivationally related forms: ↑mawkish • Hypernyms: ↑sentimentality 2. falsely emotional in a maudlin way • Syn: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sentimentality — noun 1. falsely emotional in a maudlin way (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑mawkishness, ↑drippiness, ↑mushiness, ↑soupiness, ↑sloppiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sloppy ( …   Useful english dictionary