Associations to the word «Mawkishness»

Noun

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Wiktionary

MAWKISHNESS, noun. The property of being mawkish.

Dictionary definition

MAWKISHNESS, noun. Insincere pathos.
MAWKISHNESS, noun. Falsely emotional in a maudlin way.

Wise words

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Robert Louis Stevenson