mawkish
mawkish · more mawkish · most mawkish
Excessively or falsely sentimentalExcessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
/ˈmɔːkɪʃ/
Meaning
3 sensesExcessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
(archaic, dialectal)Feeling sick, queasy.
(archaic)Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
More definitions
- effusively or insincerely emotional
Forms
more mawkish, most mawkish| Comparative | more mawkish Lesson |
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| Superlative | most mawkish Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
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3 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form