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Webster 1913 Edition


Mawkish

Mawk′ish

,
Adj.
[Orig., maggoty. See
Mawk
.]
1.
Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; slightly nauseating; disgusting.
So sweetly
mawkish’
, and so smoothly dull.
Pope.
2.
Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.
J. H. Newman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mawkish

MAWK'ISH

,
Adj.
Apt to cause satiety or lothing.
So sweetly mawkish, and so smoothly dull.

Definition 2024


mawkish

mawkish

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

mawkish (comparative more mawkish, superlative most mawkish)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) Feeling sick, queasy.
  2. (archaic) Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
  3. Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.

Antonyms

  • (excessively or falsely sentimental): rational

Synonyms