Mawkish
Mawkish adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.
Sickly sweet and mawkish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sickly sweet" instead an adjective "Mawkish".
Nearby Word: mawkishly
Sickly sweet
Mawkish and sickly sweet are semantically related. You can use "Mawkish" instead an adjective phrase "Sickly sweet".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- emotional and mawkish
- emotional and sickly sweet
- cloying and mawkish
- cloying and sickly sweet
- saccharine and mawkish
- saccharine and sickly sweet
- syrupy and mawkish
- syrupy and sickly sweet
- sugary and mawkish
- sugary and sickly sweet
- sentimental and mawkish
- sentimental and sickly sweet
- sickly and mawkish
- sickly and sickly sweet
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