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Mawkishness Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Mawkishness has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

insincere pathos

2

falsely emotional in a maudlin way

3

The property of being mawkish.

See Also
mawkish
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sentimentality emotionality
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
corn schmaltz sentimentalism
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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