Hokeyness
Mawkishness and hokeyness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mawkishness" instead a noun "Hokeyness".
Mawkishness
Mawkishness noun - The state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion).
Usage example: the grating mawkishness of her poetry makes me want to stamp on wildflowers
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Synonyms for Mawkishness
Hokeyness and mawkishness are semantically related. You can use "Hokeyness" instead a noun "Mawkishness".
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Related pairs
- sentiment and hokeyness
- sentiment and mawkishness
- sentimentality and hokeyness
- sentimentality and mawkishness
- mush and hokeyness
- mush and mawkishness
- slush and hokeyness
- slush and mawkishness
- corn and hokeyness
- corn and mawkishness
- bathos and hokeyness
- bathos and mawkishness
- sloppiness and hokeyness
- sloppiness and mawkishness
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