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Mawkish   /mˈɔkɪʃ/   Listen
Mawkish

adjective
1.
Effusively or insincerely emotional.  Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy.  "Maudlin expressions of sympathy" , "Mushy effusiveness" , "A schmaltzy song" , "Sentimental soap operas" , "Slushy poetry"



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