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mawkish
What does mawkish mean?
mawkish (adjective): excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce mawkish?
/ˈmɔkɪʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does mawkish come from?
From mawk + -ish.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of mawkish?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “mawkish” mean?
very big in extent, quantity, or size; abundant; intense; colossal, huge
Not quite: that's what prodigious means.
excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment
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using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary
Not quite: that's what tautological means.
extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious
Not quite: that's what obnoxious means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “mawkish”?
charismatic
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apocalyptic
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extravagant
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sentimental
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