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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| maudlin | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sentimental | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| emotional | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| mushy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| saccharine | /xx | Noun |
| cloying | /x | Adjective |
| sappy | /x | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| sentimentality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| sentimentalism | xx/xxx | Noun |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| weepy | /x | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| corny | /x | Noun |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| cheesy | /x | Noun |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| artless | /x | Adjective |
| syrupy | /xx | Adjective |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| anodyne | /xx | Noun |
| formulaic | xx/x | Adjective |
| crass | / | Noun |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| histrionic | xx/x | Adjective |
| vapid | /x | Adjective |
| trite | / | Adjective |
| sanctimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| elegiac | /xxx | Noun |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| gratuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| hagiographic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| overblown | xx/ | Adjective |
| vulgar | /x | Noun |
| pastiche | x/ | Noun |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| dopey | /x | Name |
| fulsome | /x | Adjective |
| squeamish | /x | Adjective |
| sickly | /x | Adjective |
| infatuated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| effusive | /xx | Adjective |
| didactic | x/x | Adjective |
| garish | /x | Adjective |
| flabby | /x | Adjective |
| hypersensitive | xx/xx | Adjective |
| lovesick | //x | Adjective |
| smitten | /x | Verb |
| idolatrous | x/xx | Adjective |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| feeling | /x | Noun |
| nauseous | /x | Adjective |
| allergic | x/x | Adjective |
| inflated | x/x | Adjective |
| carried away | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| envious | /xx | Adjective |
| baggy | /x | Adjective |
| sentiment | /xx | Noun |
| philanthropy | x/xx | Noun |
| sensibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| pulp | / | Noun |
| sympathy | /xx | Noun |
| stuff | / | Noun |
| taste | / | Noun |
| poetry | /xx | Noun |
| sound | / | Verb |
| tone | / | Noun |
| nothing | /x | Noun |
| scene | / | Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| kind | / | Noun |
| style | / | Noun |
| becoming | x/x | Verb |
| seem | / | Verb |
| being | /x | Verb |
| something | /x | Noun |
| bawdy | /x | Adjective |
| bittersweet | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| droll | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| endearing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| folksy | /x | Adjective |
| funny | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| humorous | /xx | Adjective |
| lighthearted | /xx | Adjective |
| nostalgic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| sweeter | /x | Adjective |
| tenderest | /xx | Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
