Mawkish synonyms
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Part of speech:
Causing disgust, loathing, or revulsion.
Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.
emotional (related)
Arousing or intended to arouse the emotions:
sentimental (related)
Having, showing, or caused by strong or extravagant tenderness or sadness, often in an idealized way:
Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
Showing or acting with careful attention to detail:
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Given to or characterized by gush; effusive
Without flavor; tasteless
loathful
Full of loathing; hating; abhorring.
Effusively sad or full of self-pity; extremely sentimental:
Poorly defined; indistinct or blurry:
The definition of nauseous is a feeling of being sick and feeling as if you need to vomit, or something disgusting or sickening.
Causing sickness or nausea
The definition of squeamish is someone who gets easily sick to his stomach, or someone who is easily offended.
dry (antonym)
No longer wet:
unemotional (antonym)
Involving little or no emotion; rational.
serious (antonym)
The definition of serious is showing deep thought, not joking, or a situation that requires careful thought.
calm (antonym)
Nearly or completely motionless; undisturbed:
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Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). [from 17th c.]
Not stern; lenient:
Overly sentimental
Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.
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Watery and unappetizing:
Having the appearance or consistency of soup.
Tending to be rainy or wet.
(Informal) Emotionally charged so as to induce sorrow.
feelings (related)
Affectedly or extravagantly emotional
Noticeably contrived; artificial.
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melodramatic (related)
saccharine (related)
cliched (related)
Dull; uninteresting
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