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Mawkish Moderate

Mawkish has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

effusively or insincerely emotional

"a bathetic novel"

"maudlin expressions of sympathy"

"mushy effusiveness"

"a schmaltzy song"

"sentimental soap operas"

"slushy poetry"

2

Feeling sick, queasy.

Example Sentences
"a bathetic novel" adjective
"maudlin expressions of sympathy" adjective
"mushy effusiveness" adjective
"a schmaltzy song" adjective
"sentimental soap operas" adjective
"slushy poetry" adjective
See Also
insipid maudlin mawk milk and water sentimental sickening guffmanesque queasy
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ish hish lish tish mish eish rish nish dish bish pish fish kish aish wish gish irish ajish ilish swish
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