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

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be mawk·ish

bi môkîş

/bē ˈmôkəsʜ/ /biː ˈmɔːkɪʃ/

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