Definitions
effusively or insincerely emotional
Word origin
From mawk + -ish.
Used in a sentence
“I found [Christoph] Buchel’s appropriation of the boat in which so many migrants lost their lives a vile and mawkish spectacle in the context of the biennale.”
“The tabloids branded him James Hewitt forevermore as the “love rat,” and Pasternak was excoriated for peddling mawkish fantasy.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Tearfully sweet”7 letters
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