Dictionary Definition
mawkish adj : effusively or insincerely
emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressons of sympathy";
"mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap
operas"; "slushy poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From Middle English mawk "maggot"Pronunciation
- /'mɔ:kɪʃ/
Adjective
mawkish- sickening or insipid in taste
- excessively sentimental; sentimental ad nauseam
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bad,
barfy, bathetic, beery, brackish, cloying, fetid, foul, fulsome, gooey, gushing, high, icky, luscious, maggoty, maudlin, mushy, namby-pamby, nasty, nauseant, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, nostalgic, nostomanic, noxious, offensive, overripe, oversentimental,
oversentimentalized,
oversweet, poisonous, rancid, rank, rebarbative, rich, romantic, rotten, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sentimentalized,
sickening,
sickly-sweet, sloppy,
slushy, soft, soppy, spoiled, sticky, tears, teary, vile, vomity, weevily, yucky