mawkish [adjective]

Definition of mawkish:

effusively or insincerely emotional

Synonyms of mawkish:

● Bathetic

● Drippy

● Hokey

● Kitschy

● Maudlin

● Mushy

● Sappy

● Schmaltzy

● Schmalzy

● Sentimental

● Slushy

● Soppy

● Soupy


Opposite/Antonyms of mawkish:

● Unemotional

● Stoic

● Serious

● Stolid

● Unsentimental

● Beguile

● Sober

● Dry


Sentence/Example of mawkish:

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