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		mawkishmawk‧ish /ˈmɔːkɪʃ $ ˈmɒː-/ adjective    mawkishOrigin: 1600-1700 mawk  ‘maggot’ (15-19 centuries), from Old Norse mathkr  - The movie is set to a mawkish score.
 
 - A mawkish exercise, but one that everyone enjoys - to step about this cluttered suburb like a daytime ghost.
 - Despite a few mawkish moments, much of the exhumed material sounds top-drawer.
 - He can combine tenderness and humour without becoming mawkish.
 - Matthew came by her, and held open the door to the small room with a mawkish bow.
 - Oh, really, she told herself crossly, you're becoming mawkish!
 - Then, perhaps feeling that his gesture was mawkish, he looked embarrassed, took the flowers out and backed away.
 
    showing too much emotion in a way that is embarrassing  SYN  sentimental:   a mawkish love story—mawkishly adverb—mawkishness noun [uncountable]  |