mawkish (Meaning)
mawkish (s)
effusively or insincerely emotional
mawkish (a.)
Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.
Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.
Synonyms & Antonyms of mawkish
mawkish Sentence Examples
- The movie's mawkish sentimentality grated on my nerves.
- His mawkish poems dripped with self-pity and sentimentality.
- The politician's mawkish speech appealed to the emotions of his listeners.
- The mawkish love story made me cringe in embarrassment.
- The author's mawkish prose slowed down the pace of the narrative.
- The mawkish greeting card message failed to convey any genuine affection.
- The mawkish apology only served to further alienate the offended party.
- The mawkish song lyrics evoked feelings of saccharine sweetness.
- The mawkish artwork depicted an overly sentimental scene.
- The mawkish display of emotion left me feeling manipulated and annoyed.
FAQs About the word mawkish
effusively or insincerely emotionalApt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting., Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.
sentimental, sticky, sloppy,schmaltzy, sugary, gooey, cloying, sugarcoated, drippy, corny
cynical, unvarnished, cynical, unsentimental,unsentimental, unvarnished, unadulterated,unadulterated,hardheaded, hard-edged
The movie's mawkish sentimentality grated on my nerves.
His mawkish poems dripped with self-pity and sentimentality.
The politician's mawkish speech appealed to the emotions of his listeners.
The mawkish love story made me cringe in embarrassment.
