mawkishly Antonyms
Meaning of mawkishly
mawkishly (r)
in a mawkish and emotional manner
mawkishly (adv.)
In a mawkish way.
mawkishly Sentence Examples
- The movie portrayed love so mawkishly that it bordered on being unrealistic.
- She looked at him with mawkishly adoring eyes, which made everyone uncomfortable.
- The author's attempt to create an emotional scene came across as mawkishly sentimental.
- The advertisement for the charity appeal was criticized for being mawkishly manipulative.
- The soap opera's storyline was often criticized for its mawkishly melodramatic plot twists.
- The singer's performance was mawkishly over-the-top, eliciting more eye-rolls than applause.
- The novel's ending was mawkishly optimistic, tying up all loose ends too neatly.
- He spoke mawkishly about his lost youth, romanticizing the past to an excessive degree.
- The painting depicted a mawkishly idealized version of family life, lacking in realism.
- The sentimental song's lyrics were mawkishly saccharine, leaving listeners feeling emotionally manipulated.
FAQs About the word mawkishly
in a mawkish and emotional mannerIn a mawkish way.
sentimental, sloppy, sticky, sugarcoated, cloying, soupy, sugary, gooey, drippy, wet
unsentimental, cynical, unvarnished,unsentimental, unvarnished, cynical, unadulterated,unadulterated, hardheaded,hardheaded
The movie portrayed love so mawkishly that it bordered on being unrealistic.
She looked at him with mawkishly adoring eyes, which made everyone uncomfortable.
The author's attempt to create an emotional scene came across as mawkishly sentimental.
The advertisement for the charity appeal was criticized for being mawkishly manipulative.
