mawkishness
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˈmɔː.kɪʃ.nəs/us/ˈmɑː.kɪʃ.nəs/thequalityofshowingemotionorlovein anawkwardorsillyway:
For me, the mostimportantqualityof thenovelis that itescapesmawkishness,sentimentality, and cliches.
He alwayskeepsthestoryundertightcontrol, neverallowingit todescendintomelodramaor mawkishness.
See
mawkish
- Thefilmispraisedforavoidingthemoralizingmawkishness of thetypicalBritishworking-classdrama.
- Thepointwas tocriticizethecultureof mawkishness andsentimentalityin thiscountry.
- Mawkishness iskeptto aminimumin thisbrisk,thoughtfulproduction.
Sentimental and over-emotional
- cloying
- cloyingly
- gauzily
- mawkish
- mawkishly
- sappy
- schmaltz
- schmaltzy
- sentimental
- sentimentalist
- sickly
- sloppiness
- sloppy
- slush
- slushy
- soppily
- soppiness
- soppy
- syrupy
- tweeness