Mawkish
Mawkish adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.
Usage example: a mawkish plea for donations to the charity
Novelettish and mawkish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Novelettish" instead an adjective "Mawkish".
Nearby Word: mawkishly
Novelettish
Novelettish adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.
Usage example: readers will encounter surprisingly novelettish dialogue for a work that is supposed to be a literary novel
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Synonyms for Novelettish
Mawkish and novelettish are semantically related. You can use "Mawkish" instead an adjective "Novelettish".
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Related pairs
- cloying and mawkish
- cloying and novelettish
- saccharine and mawkish
- saccharine and novelettish
- sugary and mawkish
- sugary and novelettish
- sentimental and mawkish
- sentimental and novelettish
- sloppy and mawkish
- sloppy and novelettish
- maudlin and mawkish
- maudlin and novelettish
- slushy and mawkish
- slushy and novelettish
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