Mawkish
Mawkish adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.
Touchy-feely and mawkish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Touchy-feely" instead an adjective "Mawkish".
Nearby Word: mawkishly
Touchy-feely
Touchy-feely adjective - Showing feeling freely.
Usage example: she is too touchy-feely and he is too stiff-upper-lip for their relationship to ever work out
Mawkish and touchy-feely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mawkish" instead an adjective phrase "Touchy-feely".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- passionate and mawkish
- passionate and touchy-feely
- emotional and mawkish
- emotional and touchy-feely
- sensitive and mawkish
- sensitive and touchy-feely
- demonstrative and mawkish
- demonstrative and touchy-feely
- tender and mawkish
- tender and touchy-feely
- saccharine and mawkish
- saccharine and touchy-feely
- soft and mawkish
- soft and touchy-feely
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