noun
- the quality of being overly sentimental in a way that is disgusting or embarrassing
Examples
- The movie’s mawkishness made several audience members cringe.
- She couldn’t stand the mawkishness of the greeting card’s message.
- The speech descended into pure mawkishness with its excessive emotional appeals.
- Critics praised the film for avoiding the mawkishness typical of the genre.
- The novel’s mawkishness overshadowed its otherwise compelling plot.
- His mawkishness at the wedding reception embarrassed his family.