Another word for mawkishness

The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional

• sappiness

  1. The property of being sappy.

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  1. The property of being sappy.

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• sloppiness

  1. (uncountable) The property of being sloppy.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being sloppy.

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  1. (uncountable) The property of being sloppy.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being sloppy.

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• schmaltziness

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• schmaltz

  1. Excessively sentimental art or music.
  2. Maudlin sentimentality.
  3. Liquid fat, especially chicken fat.

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  1. Excessively sentimental art or music.
  2. Maudlin sentimentality.
  3. Liquid fat, especially chicken fat.

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• mushiness

  1. The characteristic of being mushy.

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  1. The characteristic of being mushy.

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• mush

  1. A thick porridge or pudding of cornmeal boiled in water or milk.
  2. Something thick, soft, and pulpy.
  3. Mawkish sentimentality, affection, or amorousness.

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  1. A thick porridge or pudding of cornmeal boiled in water or milk.
  2. Something thick, soft, and pulpy.
  3. Mawkish sentimentality, affection, or amorousness.

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• sentimentality

  1. The quality or condition of being sentimental, especially excessively or extravagantly so.
  2. A sentimental idea or an expression of it.

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  1. The quality or condition of being sentimental, especially excessively or extravagantly so.
  2. A sentimental idea or an expression of it.

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• sentimentalism

  1. A predilection for the sentimental.
  2. An idea or expression marked by excessive sentiment.

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  1. A predilection for the sentimental.
  2. An idea or expression marked by excessive sentiment.

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• maudlinism

  1. A maudlin condition.

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  1. A maudlin condition.

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• bathos

  1. An abrupt, presumably unintended juxtaposition of the exalted and the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.
  2. An anticlimax.
  3. Insincere or grossly sentimental pathos:

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  1. An abrupt, presumably unintended juxtaposition of the exalted and the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.
  2. An anticlimax.
  3. Insincere or grossly sentimental pathos:

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