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Definitions for mawkishness
mawk·ish·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
mawkishness, bathosnoun
insincere pathos
mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppinessnoun
falsely emotional in a maudlin way
Wiktionary
mawkishnessnoun
The property of being mawkish.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mawkishnessnoun
Aptness to cause loathing.
Etymology: from mawkish.
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mawkishness
Mawkishness refers to an overly sentimental, emotional, or overly sweet manner that is often considered insincere or exaggerated, which can result in feelings of nausea or distaste. It represents a form of sentimentality driven largely by self-centeredness, often related to melodrama or clichés.
Webster Dictionary
Mawkishnessnoun
the quality or state of being mawkish
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mawkishness in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mawkishness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of mawkishness in a Sentence
The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy but there is a space of life between, in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted thence proceeds mawkishness.
The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy; but there is a space of life between, in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted: thence proceeds mawkishness.
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