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English noun: mawkishness | |||
| 1. | mawkishness (feeling) insincere pathos | ||
| Synonyms | bathos | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sentimentality | ||
| 2. | mawkishness (attribute) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | ||
| Synonyms | drippiness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | emotionalism, emotionality | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | corn, schmaltz, schmalz, sentimentalism, shmaltz | ||
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