Mawkishness
Mawkishness noun - The state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion).
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Synonyms for Mawkishness
Maudlinism and mawkishness are semantically related in sentimentality topic. In some cases you can use "Maudlinism" instead a noun "Mawkishness", when it comes to topics like feelings.
Maudlinism
Mawkishness and maudlinism are semantically related in sentimentality topic. You can use "Mawkishness" instead a noun "Maudlinism", if it concerns topics such as feelings.
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Related pairs
- sentiment and mawkishness
- sentiment and maudlinism
- sentimentality and mawkishness
- sentimentality and maudlinism
- mush and mawkishness
- mush and maudlinism
- reminiscence and mawkishness
- reminiscence and maudlinism
- triteness and mawkishness
- triteness and maudlinism
- melodrama and mawkishness
- melodrama and maudlinism
- bathos and mawkishness
- bathos and maudlinism
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