Definitions for: Mawkish

[adj] effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

Webster (1913) Definition: Mawk"ish, a. [Orig., maggoty. See Mawk.]
1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.

So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull. --Pope.

2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.
--J. H. Newman.

Synonyms: bathetic, emotional, maudlin, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy

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