mawkish
121hokey — hokeyness, hokiness, n. /hoh kee/, adj. hokier, hokiest. 1. cloyingly sentimental; mawkish. 2. obviously contrived, esp. to win popular appeal or support; phony. [1815 25; irreg. HOK(UM) + Y1] * * * …
122mush — mush1 /mush/ or, esp. for 2 5, /moosh/, n. 1. meal, esp. cornmeal, boiled in water or milk until it forms a thick, soft mass, or until it is stiff enough to mold into a loaf for slicing and frying. 2. any thick, soft mass. 3. mawkish… …
123Scotland — /skot leuhnd/, n. a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 5,205,000; 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Cap.: Edinburgh. * * * I Northernmost country of the United Kingdom. Area: 30,421 sq mi (78,789 sq km). Population… …
124sentiment — sentimentless, adj. /sen teuh meuhnt/, n. 1. an attitude toward something; regard; opinion. 2. a mental feeling; emotion: a sentiment of pity. 3. refined or tender emotion; manifestation of the higher or more refined feelings. 4. exhibition or… …
125sickly — sickliness, n. /sik lee/, adj., sicklier, sickliest, adv., v., sicklied, sicklying. adj. 1. not strong; unhealthy; ailing. 2. of, connected with, or arising from ill health: a sickly complexion. 3. marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a… …
126slobber — slobberer, n. /slob euhr/, v.i. 1. to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel. 2. to indulge in mawkish sentimentality: My family slobbered all over me when I finally got home. v.t. 3. to wet or make foul by slobbering: The baby… …
127soppy — soppiness, n. /sop ee/, adj., soppier, soppiest. 1. soaked, drenched, or very wet, as ground. 2. rainy, as weather. 3. Brit. Slang. excessively sentimental; mawkish. [1605 15; SOP + Y1] * * * …
128soupy — /sooh pee/, adj., soupier, soupiest. 1. resembling soup in consistency: soupy oatmeal. 2. very thick; dense: a soupy fog. 3. Informal. overly sentimental; mawkish: soupy love scenes. [1870 75; SOUP + Y1] * * * …
