Synonyms of mawkish

mawkish 1 of 2

adjective

as in sentimental

appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way

a mawkish plea for donations to the charity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sentimental
• sloppy
• sticky
• schmaltzy
• maudlin
• saccharine
• cloying
• wet
• sappy
• soppy
• corny
• fuzzy
• sugary
• mushy
• drippy
• gooey
• chocolate-box
• sugarcoated
• slushy
• soupy
• lovey-dovey
• spoony
• nostalgic
• spooney
• melodramatic
• feel-good
• fruity
• dreamy
• moony
• novelettish
• insipid
• vapid
• moonstruck
• soapy
• misty-eyed
• sudsy
• tasteless
• cutesy
• starry-eyed
• soap-operatic
• watery
• soft-boiled
• twee
• flat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsentimental
• cynical
• unvarnished
• unadulterated
• hardheaded
• hard-edged
• antisentimental
• hard-boiled

mawkishness

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noun

as in sentimentality

the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)

the grating mawkishness of her poetry makes me want to stamp on wildflowers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sentimentality
• sentimentalism
• bathos
• soppiness
• emotion
• sappiness
• sloppiness
• sirup
• mushiness
• syrup
• gooeyness
• saccharinity
• sentiment
• mush
• hokiness
• lovey-doveyness
• schmalz
• schmaltz
• corniness
• hokeyness
• corn

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cynicism
• hardheadedness
• hard-heartedness

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