mawkishness

Meanings

Plural: mawkishnesses

Noun

insincere pathos
falsely emotional in a maudlin way
The property of being mawkish.

Origin / Etymology

From mawkish + -ness.

Synonyms

bathos, drippiness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness

Scrabble Score: 23

mawkishness is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 24

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