mawkish

[ maw-kish ]

/ ˈmɔ kɪʃ /

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adjective

characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.

having a mildly sickening flavor; slightly nauseating.

Origin of mawkish

1660–70; obsolete mawk maggot (late Middle English <Old Norse mathkr maggot) + -ish¹. See maggot

SYNONYMS FOR mawkish

1 sentimental, teary.

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OTHER WORDS FROM mawkish

mawk·ish·ly, adverbmawk·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby mawkish

mavourneen, mavun, maw, mawger, mawkin, mawkish, Mawlamyine, Mawlid, Mawson, max, Maxair

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Example sentences from the Web for mawkish

The jibe is off-key too because Wilde himself was hardly immune to the sentimental and even the mawkish.
Charles Dickens' Enduring Insights on Human Loss and Suffering|David Frum|February 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But of late he had developed different notions, and had come to pride himself on his freedom from all mawkish sentiment.
The Beautiful Miss Brooke|Louis Zangwill
Pope's translation is mawkish, and his "adieu, my dear, adieu!"
The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1|Alexander Pope
He felt a nervous thrill going down his spine as he plunged into the mawkish words.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes|Israel Zangwill

This subversion of the moral law in the interest of mawkish sentimentality is one of the gravest evils of modern social ignorance.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley
There is a sort of mawkish sentimentality in the copies of St. John, which always offended me.
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. VI (of 8)|William Wordsworth

British Dictionary definitions for mawkish

mawkish

/ (ˈmɔːkɪʃ) /

adjective

falsely sentimental, esp in a weak or maudlin way

nauseating or insipid in flavour, smell, etc

Derived forms of mawkish

mawkishly, adverbmawkishness, noun

Word Origin for mawkish

C17: from obsolete mawk maggot + -ish

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	mawkish
释义	mawkish [ maw-kish ] / ˈmɔ kɪʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mawkish ON THESAURUS.COM adjective characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin. having a mildly sickening flavor; slightly nauseating. Origin of mawkish 1660–70; obsolete mawk maggot (late Middle English <Old Norse mathkr maggot) + -ish¹. See maggot SYNONYMS FOR mawkish 1 sentimental, teary. SEE SYNONYMS FOR mawkish ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM mawkish mawk·ish·ly, adverbmawk·ish·ness, noun Words nearby mawkish mavourneen, mavun, maw, mawger, mawkin, mawkish, Mawlamyine, Mawlid, Mawson, max, Maxair Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mawkish The jibe is off-key too because Wilde himself was hardly immune to the sentimental and even the mawkish. Charles Dickens' Enduring Insights on Human Loss and Suffering\|David Frum\|February 18, 2013\|DAILY BEAST But of late he had developed different notions, and had come to pride himself on his freedom from all mawkish sentiment. The Beautiful Miss Brooke\|Louis Zangwill Pope's translation is mawkish, and his "adieu, my dear, adieu!" The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1\|Alexander Pope He felt a nervous thrill going down his spine as he plunged into the mawkish words. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes\|Israel Zangwill This subversion of the moral law in the interest of mawkish sentimentality is one of the gravest evils of modern social ignorance. The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation\|Austin O'Malley There is a sort of mawkish sentimentality in the copies of St. John, which always offended me. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. VI (of 8)\|William Wordsworth British Dictionary definitions for mawkish mawkish / (ˈmɔːkɪʃ) / adjective falsely sentimental, esp in a weak or maudlin way nauseating or insipid in flavour, smell, etc Derived forms of mawkish mawkishly, adverbmawkishness, noun Word Origin for mawkish C17: from obsolete mawk maggot + -ish Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mawkish mushy, gooey, sloppy, cloying, sappy, maudlin, teary, feeble, nauseating, romantic, sickening, bathetic, gushy, schmaltzy, gushing, lovey-dovey
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mawkish

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adjective

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