Cool and Mawkish

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Cool adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.

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Mawkish is an antonym for cool.

Nearby Words: coolness, coolly, cooler, cooled, cooling

Mawkish adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.

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Cool is an antonym for mawkish.

Nearby Word: mawkishly

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Mawkish and Cool. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cool/mawkish

Cool & Mawkish. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cool/mawkish>.

Mawkish or Cool. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cool/mawkish.

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