Synonyms of mawkish
92 similar words · 3 opposite words
Another word for mawkish is corny. Other synonyms of mawkish are mushy, maudlin, schmaltzy, kitschy and soupy. The opposite of mawkish is rational.
Synonyms and similar words for mawkish
adjectiveExcessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
- cutesyOverly, affectedly or unnecessarily cute; too cute to be taken seriously.
- maudlinExtravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying.
- schmaltzyOverly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.
- sickly-sweet
- slushyOf a person, soupy; sentimental.
- mushyOverly sappy, corny, or cheesy; sentimental, especially in a romantic way; maudlin.
- soppyOverly sentimental, maudlin, schmaltzy.
- treaclyConsisting of treacle, or cloying, sentimental speech.
adjectiveFeeling sick, queasy.
adjectiveSickening or insipid in taste or smell.
- blandLacking in taste or flavor.
- cardboard figuratively
- flavorless
- ingustible
- intastableIncapable of being tasted.
- savorlessNot having taste; flavorless.
- insipid
- tame
- smackless
- tasteless
- unsavory
- untasteable
- vapidTasteless, bland, or insipid.
- wateryWeak and insipid.
- waugh British, dialectalInsipid; tasteless.
- wersh British, dialectalInsipid; tasteless; delicate; having a pale and sickly look.
- badSickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- cacodorousHaving a bad smell.
- fetid
- foul-smellingHaving an unpleasant odor.
- funky
- graveolentThat has a rank smell.
- malodorous
- niffyHaving a bad smell.
- noisome
- nonaromaticNot aromatic.
- nonfragrantNot fragrant.
- on the nose Australia
- pongyHaving a bad smell.
- putredinous
- reekingTotally stinking.
- reeky
- ripeSmelly: having a disagreeable odor.
- smelly
- stank
- stenchyHaving a stench or foul odour, malodorous.
- stinking
- stinksomeCharacterised or marked by stinking.
- stinky
- unaromaticNot aromatic.
- unfragrantNot fragrant; having a disagreeable smell.
- whiff informalHaving a strong or unpleasant odour.
- whiffyHaving a bad smell.
- distasteful
- ill-flavored
- roughHarsh-tasting.
- undrinkableNot drinkable.
- uneatableNot eatable; not fit for eating.
- unpalatable
- unstomachableNot stomachable; distasteful to the point that it cannot be accepted.
- yuckyOf something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.
- flaggy obsolete
- gustless obsolete
- sapidless archaicLacking sapidity; tasteless; flavorless.
- wallowish archaicTasteless or having an unpleasant taste; nauseous, sickly-sweet.
- wearish obsolete
- buckish obsoleteLike a male goat; foul-smelling or lascivious.
- olid rareEvil-smelling; fetid.
adjectiveMore synonyms
- batheticCharacterized by or pertaining to bathos.
- cheesyOverdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
- squishy
- cornyHackneyed or excessively sentimental.
- drippyMaudlin; sentimental.
- gooey figurativelyEmotional or sentimental, especially to an excessive extent; mushy, soppy.
- hokey US, informalCorny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.
- ickyExcessively sentimental.
- kitschOf art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
- kitschyHaving the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
- overemotionalShowing too much emotion.
- oversentimentalExcessively sentimental.
- overwrought
- sappy US, figurativelyExcessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy).
- sickly sweetToo sweet; sickeningly sweet or sentimental.
- soupyExtravagantly sentimental; slushy.
- syrupy figurativelyOverly sentimental.
Opposite of mawkish
adjectiveExcessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
Meaning of mawkish
- adjective Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
- adjective Feeling sick, queasy.
- adjective Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
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Questions about synonyms of mawkish
- What is another word for mawkish?
- Mawkish has 92 synonyms on Word.ws, such as corny, mushy, maudlin, schmaltzy, kitschy, soupy, overemotional and treacly.
- What is the opposite of mawkish?
- The opposite of mawkish is rational.
- What does mawkish mean?
- Mawkish means excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
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