Synonyms for mawkish
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Maudlin — excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment
maudlin, schmaltzy, sappy US, soppy UK, sentimental, treacly, mushy, hokey informal US, kitschy, slushy, sickly, cutesy, sickly sweet, drippy, gooey informal, soupy, bathetic, oversentimental, syrupy
2. Vapid — sickening or insipid in taste or smell
vapid, insipid, tasteless, sickening, icky informal, bad, noisome formal, fetid, stale, unsavory US, unsavoury UK, yucky informal, stinking, flat, savorless US, savourless UK, bland, loathsome, watery, flavorless US, flavourless UK, unpalatable, rotten
Definitions
- adj. 1
Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
- adj. 2
Feeling sick, queasy.
- adj. 3
Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
Related words
- Word family
- mawkishly mawkishness
- Is a kind of
- emotional sentimental
Example sentences
- mushy The candy I had in my bag went mushy in the heat.
- maudlin Tom always gets maudlin when he's on the booze.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- flat1, icky
- 5 letters
- bland1, stale1, mushy2, gooey2, sappy, hokey2, vapid2, yucky2, soppy2, soupy2, fetid2, barfy
- 6 letters
- rotten2, watery3, sickly2, cutesy2, slushy, syrupy, drippy, vomity
- 7 letters
- insipid3, maudlin2, kitschy, noisome, treacly
- 8 letters
- nauseous2, stinking2, unsavory4, bathetic
- 9 letters
- sickening3, tasteless2, loathsome2, nauseated4, unsavoury, schmaltzy, savorless
- 10 letters
- flavorless3, savourless
- 11 letters
- sentimental4, unpalatable5, flavourless
- 15 letters
- oversentimental
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mushy2 = 2 syllables).