be mawkish

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Definition of be mawkish in English English dictionary

mawkish
Feeling sick, queasy
mawkish
Sickening or insipid in taste or smell
mawkish
Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment
mawkish
sickening or insipid
mawkish
{a} unsavory, sickish, squeamish
mawkish
sickening or insipid in taste
mawkish
effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
mawkish
excessively sentimental; sentimental ad nauseam
mawkish
disapproval You can describe something as mawkish when you think it is sentimental and silly. A sordid, sentimental plot unwinds, with an inevitable mawkish ending. = soppy. showing too much emotion in a way that is embarrassing = sentimental (mawk (15-19 centuries), from mathkr)
mawkish
Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting
mawkish
{s} emotional, overly sentimental; having a sickly flavor, nauseating
mawkish
Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious
be mawkish

    Hyphenation

    be mawk·ish

    Turkish pronunciation

    bi môkîş

    Pronunciation

    /bē ˈmôkəsʜ/ /biː ˈmɔːkɪʃ/
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