novelettish

nov·el·ett·ish

adj \-ˈle-tish\

Definition of NOVELETTISH

: of, relating to, or characteristic of a novelette; especially : sentimental

Examples of NOVELETTISH

1. <readers will encounter surprisingly novelettish dialogue for a work that is supposed to be a literary novel>

First Known Use of NOVELETTISH

1904

Related to NOVELETTISH

Synonyms: chocolate-box, cloying, drippy, fruity, gooey, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, corny, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, slushy, soppy, soupy, spoony (or spooney), sticky, sugarcoated, sugary, wet

Antonyms: unsentimental

Related Words: dreamy, misty-eyed, moonstruck, moony, nostalgic, starry-eyed; feel-good, fuzzy; melodramatic, soap-operatic, soapy, sudsy; flat, insipid, soft-boiled, tasteless, vapid, watery; cutesy, twee [chiefly British]

Near Antonyms: unadulterated, unvarnished; antisentimental, cynical, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hardheaded

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