What part of speech is mawkish?

Mawkish can be categorized as an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. mawkish is an adjective.

Inflections

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more mawkish
    most mawkish
  • Positive: mawkish 
  • Comparative: more mawkish
  • Superlative: most mawkish

Adjective to adverb

What does mawkish mean?

Definitions

Adjective

mawkish - 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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