mawkish
The word “mawkish” has 2 syllables: mawk-ish
It's pronounced as /ˈmɔː.kɪʃ/
What is synonym and antonym for mawkish?
In the thesaurus, “mawkish” has 54 synonyms and 11 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for mawkish along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for mawkish
- bathetic
- chocolate-box
- cloying
- corny
- cutesy
- dreamy
- drippy
- feeble
- feel-good
- flat
- fruity
- fuzzy
- gooey
- gushing
- gushy
- histrionic
- histrionical
- insipid
- lovey-dovey
- maudlin
- melodramatic
- misty-eyed
- moonstruck
- moony
- mushy
- nauseating
- nostalgic
- novelettish
- romantic
- saccharine
- sappy
- schmaltzy
- sentimental
- sickening
- sloppy
- slushy
- soap-operatic
- soapy
- soft-boiled
- soppy
- soupy
- spoony
- starry-eyed
- sticky
- sudsy
- sugarcoated
- sugary
- tasteless
- tear-jerking
- teary
- twee
- vapid
- watery
- wet
Antonyms for mawkish
- antisentimental
- calm
- cynical
- hard-boiled
- hard-edged
- hardheaded
- serious
- unadulterated
- unemotional
- unsentimental
- unvarnished
Meanings of mawkish
- adjective
- Feeling sick, queasy.
- Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
- Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment; maudlin.
Example Sentences
- The movie’s overly mawkish ending felt unrealistic.
- His mawkish speech made the audience uncomfortable.
- She avoided mawkish stories that were too sentimental.
- The song was criticized for its mawkish lyrics.
- He gave a mawkish apology that didn’t seem sincere.
On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to mawkish, such as: antisentimental, bathetic, calm, chocolate-box, cloying, corny, cutesy.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- maudlin
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- melodramatic
- misty-eyed
- moonstruck
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- nostalgic
- novelettish
- sappy
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