Novelettish
Novelettish adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.
Usage example: readers will encounter surprisingly novelettish dialogue for a work that is supposed to be a literary novel
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Synonyms for Novelettish
Sugarcoated and novelettish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sugarcoated" instead an adjective "Novelettish".
Sugarcoated
Sugarcoated adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.
Usage example: those sugarcoated versions of family life that old TV sitcoms portrayed
Novelettish and sugarcoated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Novelettish" instead an adjective "Sugarcoated".
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Related pairs
- cloying and novelettish
- cloying and sugarcoated
- saccharine and novelettish
- saccharine and sugarcoated
- sugary and novelettish
- sugary and sugarcoated
- sentimental and novelettish
- sentimental and sugarcoated
- sloppy and novelettish
- sloppy and sugarcoated
- maudlin and novelettish
- maudlin and sugarcoated
- mawkish and novelettish
- mawkish and sugarcoated
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