Definition of mawkishness Mawkishness
mawk•ish•ness
We found 5 definitions of mawkishness from 4 different sources.
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What does mawkishness mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: mawkishnesses |
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| mawkishness - falsely emotional in a maudlin way | ||
| sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness | ||
| emotionalism, emotionality emotional nature or quality | ||
| corn something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn" | ||
| schmaltz, schmalz, shmaltz (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | ||
| mawkishness - insincere pathos | ||
| bathos | ||
| sentimentality extravagant or affected feeling or emotion | ||
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Wiktionary 
- mawkishness (Noun)
The property of being mawkish.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- mawkishness (n.)
The quality or state of being mawkish.
Part of speech
🔤- mawkishness, noun, singular of mawkishnesses.
