Mawkishness
Mawkishness noun - The state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion).
Usage example: the grating mawkishness of her poetry makes me want to stamp on wildflowers
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Synonyms for Mawkishness
Sentiment is a synonym for mawkishness in sentimentality topic. In some cases you can use "Sentiment" instead a noun "Mawkishness".
Sentiment
Sentiment noun - A subjective response to a person, thing, or situation.
Mawkishness is a synonym for sentiment in sentimentality topic. You can use "Mawkishness" instead a noun "Sentiment".
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Related pairs
- passion and mawkishness
- passion and sentiment
- tenderness and mawkishness
- tenderness and sentiment
- warmth and mawkishness
- warmth and sentiment
- emotion and mawkishness
- emotion and sentiment
- gush and mawkishness
- gush and sentiment
- sentimentality and mawkishness
- sentimentality and sentiment
- sensibility and mawkishness
- sensibility and sentiment
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