mawkish
11mawkish — adj. Mawkish is used with these nouns: ↑sentiment …
12mawkish — mawk|ish [ˈmo:kıʃ US ˈmo: ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: mawk maggot (15 19 centuries), from Old Norse mathkr] showing too much emotion in a way that is embarrassing = ↑sentimental ▪ a mawkish love story >mawkishly adv >mawkishness n [U] …
13mawkish — adjective showing too much emotion in a way that is embarrassing; sentimental: a mawkish love story mawkishly adverb mawkishness noun (U) …
14mawkish — adjective he keeps sending her these mawkish greeting cards Syn: sentimental, oversentimental, maudlin, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, oversweet, syrupy, nauseating; informal mushy, slushy, sloppy, schmaltzy, weepy, cutesy, lovey dovey,… …
15mawkish — /ˈmɔkɪʃ / (say mawkish) adjective 1. sickly or slightly nauseating. 2. characterised by sickly sentimentality. {mawk maggot (from Old Norse maðkr) + ish1} –mawkishly, adverb –mawkishness, noun …
16mawkish — adjective Etymology: Middle English mawke maggot, probably from Old Norse mathkr more at maggot Date: circa 1697 1. having an insipid often unpleasant taste 2. sickly or puerilely sentimental • mawkishly adverb • mawkishness noun …
17mawkish — mawkishly, adv. mawkishness, n. /maw kish/, adj. 1. characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin. 2. having a mildly sickening flavor; slightly nauseating. [1660 70; obs. mawk maggot (late ME < ON mathkr maggot) + ISH1. See… …
18mawkish — adjective /ˈmɔːkɪʃ/ a) Feeling sick, queasy. b) Sickening or insipid in taste or smell …
19mawkish — Synonyms and related words: bad, barfy, bathetic, beery, brackish, cloying, fetid, foul, fulsome, gooey, gushing, high, icky, luscious, maggoty, maudlin, mushy, namby pamby, nasty, nauseant, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, nostalgic, nostomanic,… …
20mawkish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. nauseous, offensive; effusive, maudlin. See repulsion, feeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tasteless, nauseating, garish; see emotional 2 , sentimental . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …
