mawkish 音标拼音: [m'ɔkɪʃ]
a . 气味不佳的,令人作呕的,感伤的
气味不佳的,令人作呕的,感伤的
mawkish adj 1 :
effusively or insincerely emotional ; "
a bathetic novel ";
"
maudlin expressions of sympathy "; "
mushy effusiveness ";
"
a schmaltzy song "; "
sentimental soap operas "; "
slushy poetry " [
synonym : {
bathetic }, {
drippy }, {
hokey }, {
maudlin },
{
mawkish }, {
kitschy }, {
mushy }, {
schmaltzy }, {
schmalzy },
{
sentimental }, {
soppy }, {
soupy }, {
slushy }]
Mawkish \
Mawk "
ish \,
a . [
Orig .,
maggoty .
See {
Mawk }.]
1 .
Apt to cause satiety or loathing ;
nauseous ;
slightly nauseating ;
disgusting .
[
1913 Webster ]
So sweetly mawkish ',
and so smoothly dull . --
Pope .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Easily disgusted ;
squeamish ;
sentimentally fastidious .
--
J .
H .
Newman .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Weakly sentimental ;
maudlin .
[
PJC ]
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mawkish ":
bad ,
barfy ,
bathetic ,
beery ,
brackish ,
cloying ,
fetid ,
foul ,
fulsome ,
gooey ,
gushing ,
high ,
icky ,
luscious ,
maggoty ,
maudlin ,
mushy ,
namby -
pamby ,
nasty ,
nauseant ,
nauseating ,
nauseous ,
noisome ,
nostalgic ,
nostomanic ,
noxious ,
offensive ,
overripe ,
oversentimental ,
oversentimentalized ,
oversweet ,
poisonous ,
rancid ,
rank ,
rebarbative ,
rich ,
romantic ,
rotten ,
saccharine ,
sappy ,
sentimental ,
sentimentalized ,
sickening ,
sickly -
sweet ,
sloppy ,
slushy ,
soft ,
soppy ,
spoiled ,
sticky ,
tears ,
teary ,
vile ,
vomity ,
weevily ,
yucky
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MAWKISH Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster MAWKISH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary