MAWKISH
(adj.) effusively or insincerely emotional
"a bathetic novel", "maudlin expressions of sympathy", "mushy effusiveness", "a schmaltzy song", "sentimental soap operas", "slushy poetry"
synonyms : bathetic , soppy , slushy , sentimental , schmalzy , schmaltzy , mushy , maudlin , kitschy , hokey , drippy , soupyThe movie was a mawkish love story. -added by naila_inlas
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Mnemonics for mawkish
(Tag: ) "Maa" ka "kiss" hamesha sentimental aur emotional hota hai!
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(Tag: ) mawk close to MOCK..so if someone mocks at you...and you are sentimental..then its a sad situation.
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(Tag: Jumble the word) Mawkish: Read it as -Make+Wish: An insincerely emotional person is always ready to make wish..
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(Tag: ) Mock + Kiss = Mawkish or insincere emotion.
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(Tag: ) My MAW is icky sweet and sentimental about loving us kids!
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(Tag: ) MAWKISH -> MOCK means fake. Mawkish means faking emotion.
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(Tag: ) Girls get sentimental when you kiss them. They also think its wrong and stop u for there maa sake
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(Tag: ) mawkish=malfish;looking at mal[bad] fish is sickening
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(Tag: ) mawkish = maw maw is done by cat to please sentimentally the ower & to get the care & food.
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