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
Play on the emotions and mawkishness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play on the emotions" instead a noun "Mawkishness".
Play on the emotions
Mawkishness and play on the emotions are semantically related. You can use "Mawkishness" instead a noun phrase "Play on the emotions".
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Related pairs
- tenderness and mawkishness
- tenderness and play on the emotions
- pathos and mawkishness
- pathos and play on the emotions
- gush and mawkishness
- gush and play on the emotions
- sentimentality and mawkishness
- sentimentality and play on the emotions
- mush and mawkishness
- mush and play on the emotions
- slush and mawkishness
- slush and play on the emotions
- bathos and mawkishness
- bathos and play on the emotions
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Play on the emotions and Mawkishness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mawkishness/play_on_the_emotions
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