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Definition of 'mawkish'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) mawkish
sentimental; maudlin.

2. mawkish
mildly sickening in flavor.

Etymology: (1660–70; obs. mawk maggot (< ON mathkr maggot) + -ish¹; see maggot)

Definition of 'mawkish'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy
effusively or insincerely emotional
"a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

Definition of 'mawkish'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) mawkish
apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting

2. (adj) mawkish
easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious

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