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mawkish

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Adjective

effusively or insincerely emotional
- a bathetic novel
- maudlin expressions of sympathy
- mushy effusiveness
- a schmaltzy song
- sentimental soap operas
- slushy poetry

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "mawkish":
mannish mawkish monkish manis maquis mash monish
Words contain "mawkish":
mawkish mawkishly mawkishness
Words contain "mawkish" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
drippily mawkishly mawkish

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