MAWKISHNESS

mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness

(noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way

mawkishness, bathos

(noun) insincere pathos

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mawkishness (countable and uncountable, plural mawkishnesses)

The property of being mawkish.

Source: Wiktionary


Mawk"ish*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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