mawkish

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mawkish Definition

• (s) effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

mawkish Synonyms

• bathetic
• drippy
• hokey
• maudlin
• mawkish
• mushy
• schmaltzy
• schmalzy
• sentimental
• slushy