Definition for Mawkish:

• MAWKISHNESS.

Synonyms for Mawkish:

• adj.

  •corny (adjective)
  • old fashioned,
  • oldfashioned.
  •gushy (adjective)
  • overemotiona.
  •maudlin (adjective)
  • most syrupy,
  • in sipid,
  • more cornball,
  • be fuddled,
  • tearful,
  • in-sipid,
  • be-fuddled,
  • most cornball,
  • soap,
  • slushest,
  • soapest,
  • slusher,
  • more syrupy.
  •mushy (adjective)
  • more loveydovey,
  • most lovey dovey,
  • loveydovey,
  • more lovey-dovey,
  • most loveydovey,
  • more lovey dovey,
  • most lovey-dovey.
  •schmaltzy (adjective)
  • most overemotional,
  • most rosewater,
  • more overemotional,
  • more simpering,
  • over emotional,
  • more rosewater,
  • most simpering.
  •sensitive (adjective)
  • poetic,
  • sensitive,
  • dewy-eyed,
  • lovesick,
  • tender,
  • fanciful,
  • starry-eyed.
  •sickly (adjective)
  • bilious.
  •stale (adjective)
  • motheaten,
  • yesterday,
  • yester day's,
  • yester days,
  • yester-day,
  • well worn,
  • timeworn,
  • most well-worn,
  • yester-day's,
  • fusty,
  • most cliche ridden,
  • more zestless,
  • more well-worn,
  • more well worn,
  • most cliche,
  • repetitious,
  • more cliche-ridden,
  • yester day,
  • wellworn,
  • un-original,
  • yester-days,
  • more cliche,
  • un original,
  • most zestless,
  • yesterday's,
  • more wellworn,
  • like dinosaur,
  • most wellworn,
  • cliche ridden,
  • most well worn,
  • cliche-ridden,
  • most cliche-ridden,
  • more cliche ridden.
  •sugary (adjective)
  • more sugarcoated,
  • most sugarcoated,
  • honeyed,
  • most candied,
  • most sacchariferous,
  • more sacchariferous,
  • glacer,
  • more candied,
  • Sacchariferous,
  • glacest.
  •tear-jerking (adjective)
  • tearjerking,
  • tear jerking.

• n.

  •
  • theatrical,
  • Theatricals,
  • hysterics,
  • melodrama.
  •
  • feelings.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • histrionics,
  • sentimentality.
  •
  • slop.
  •conventional
  • victorian.
  •Other relevant words:
  • inane,
  • loathsome,
  • forbidding,
  • lachrymose,
  • fade,
  • sugarcoated,
  • foolish,
  • obnoxious,
  • revolting,
  • contemptible,
  • wet,
  • heart-rending,
  • vacant,
  • sodden,
  • abominable,
  • mild,
  • weak,
  • flat,
  • soulful,
  • drizzly,
  • sweet,
  • unctuous,
  • naif,
  • miserable,
  • stilted,
  • simple,
  • bland,
  • effusive,
  • insipid,
  • passionate,
  • abhorrent,
  • Impassionate,
  • touching,
  • stirring,
  • contrived,
  • below contempt,
  • untasted,
  • fruity,
  • poignant,
  • savorless,
  • despicable,
  • Gustless,
  • mentally ill,
  • impassioned,
  • chocolate-box,
  • execrable,
  • watery,
  • wishy-washy,
  • not difficult,
  • artificial,
  • novelettish,
  • enthusiastic,
  • sad,
  • beneath contempt,
  • odious,
  • moving,
  • stinking,
  • overly sentimental,
  • heartfelt,
  • repugnant,
  • glamorous,
  • hateful,
  • weepy,
  • picturesque,
  • calfish,
  • repellent,
  • Spoony,
  • soul-stirring,
  • exotic,
  • feeble,
  • excessive,
  • foetid,
  • repulsive,
  • overdone,
  • vapid,
  • detestable.

Antonyms for Mawkish:

• adj.

  • sentimental, emotional
    serious, calm, unemotional.
  • Other antonyms:
    unsentimental, hardheaded, hard-boiled, unvarnished, unadulterated, cynical.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    cerebral, intellectual, rational.

Mawkish Sentence Examples:

• She loved to expose the false and mawkish doctrines thought fit for women.

Homophones for Mawkish:

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