'Mawkish' definitions:
Definition of 'mawkish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Definition of 'Mawkish'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'mawkish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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