Antonyms for mawkish

Grammar : Adj

Spell : maw-kish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔ kɪʃ

Definition of mawkish

Origin : 1660s, "sickly, nauseated," from Middle English mawke "maggot" (see maggot). Sense of "sickly sentimental" is first recorded 1702. Related: Mawkishly; mawkishness.

adj sentimental, emotional

Example sentences :

What a fool, what a weak, mawkish, insipid fool he had made of himself!
Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson

For mawkish, sentimental religion the Count had an honest contempt.
Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton

There was no mawkish sentiment—no melancholy in his make-up.
Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall

It's all splendid and barbaric; no mawkish sentiment about it.
Extract from : « Peking Dust » by Ellen N. La Motte

This is no time for trifling, nor for mawkish sentimentality.
Extract from : « Theft » by Jack London

Yes, my heart swells, but not with the mawkish fondness of a feeble mother.
Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

They are a weakening of moral fiber, a waste of mawkish sentimentality.
Extract from : « What a Young Woman Ought to Know » by Mary Wood-Allen

I hate 'em when they make parting scenes: it's too mawkish!'
Extract from : « A London Life; The Patagonia; The Liar; Mrs. Temperly » by Henry James

Often there is to the style a mawkish Sunday-school juvenile flavor.
Extract from : « A History of American Literature Since 1870 » by Fred Lewis Pattee

The whole thing was faulty, mawkish, amateurish, and futile.
Extract from : « Mollie's Prince » by Rosa Nouchette Carey

Synonyms for mawkish

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