1. plural of mawkishness; instances or qualities of being excessively sentimental, emotional, or tearful in a way that seems insincere or distasteful
Usage: countable noun; typically used in formal or literary contexts

Examples

• The film was criticized for its mawkishnesses and heavy-handed emotional manipulation.
• Her speech was filled with mawkishnesses that made the audience uncomfortable.
• The novel's mawkishnesses detracted from its otherwise compelling narrative.
• Critics pointed out the mawkishnesses in the sentimental dialogue.
• The director's trademark mawkishnesses appeared throughout the melodramatic scenes.