Synonyms for mawkish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : maw-kish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔ kɪʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for mawkish Other synonyms for the word mawkish
Définition of mawkish
Origin :- 1660s, "sickly, nauseated," from Middle English mawke "maggot" (see maggot). Sense of "sickly sentimental" is first recorded 1702. Related: Mawkishly; mawkishness.
- adj sentimental, emotional
- What a fool, what a weak, mawkish, insipid fool he had made of himself!
- Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
- For mawkish, sentimental religion the Count had an honest contempt.
- Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
- There was no mawkish sentiment—no melancholy in his make-up.
- Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
- It's all splendid and barbaric; no mawkish sentiment about it.
- Extract from : « Peking Dust » by Ellen N. La Motte
- This is no time for trifling, nor for mawkish sentimentality.
- Extract from : « Theft » by Jack London
- Yes, my heart swells, but not with the mawkish fondness of a feeble mother.
- Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- They are a weakening of moral fiber, a waste of mawkish sentimentality.
- Extract from : « What a Young Woman Ought to Know » by Mary Wood-Allen
- I hate 'em when they make parting scenes: it's too mawkish!'
- Extract from : « A London Life; The Patagonia; The Liar; Mrs. Temperly » by Henry James
- Often there is to the style a mawkish Sunday-school juvenile flavor.
- Extract from : « A History of American Literature Since 1870 » by Fred Lewis Pattee
- The whole thing was faulty, mawkish, amateurish, and futile.
- Extract from : « Mollie's Prince » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
Antonyms for mawkish
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