'Mawkishness' definitions:
Definition of 'mawkishness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Insincere pathos [syn: mawkishness, bathos]
noun
Falsely emotional in a maudlin way [syn: mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness]
Definition of 'Mawkishness'
From: GCIDE
- Mawkishness \Mawk"ish*ness\, n. The quality or state of being mawkish. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]