mawkish

Describes something that is excessively sentimental or emotional in a weak, sickly, or insincere way.

ruОписывает что-то чрезмерно сентиментальное или эмоциональное в слащавой, приторной или неискренней манере.esDescribe algo excesivamente sentimental o emocional de una manera empalagosa, cursi o poco sincera.frDécrit quelque chose d'excessivement sentimental ou émotionnel, d'une manière mièvre, sirupeuse ou peu sincère.deBeschreibt etwas oder jemanden, der übertrieben sentimental oder gefühlvoll auf eine süßliche, kitschige oder unaufrichtige Weise ist.ptDescreve algo excessivamente sentimental ou emocional de forma açucarada, melosa ou insincera.zh形容过度感伤或情感外露，显得甜腻、做作或不真诚。arيصف شيئًا مفرطًا في العاطفة أو الحساسية بشكل مصطنع أو غير صادق، أو عاطفة رخيصة تثير الشفقة أو الاشمئزاز.

1. Overly sentimental C1 formal

   Expressing emotion in an exaggerated way that seems false or cloying.

   • The film's mawkish ending made many viewers roll their eyes.
   • He delivered a mawkish speech that failed to move the audience.
   • Her mawkish poetry was filled with forced sentimentality.
   • I find those pity commercials too mawkish to watch.

   ruСентиментальный до приторностиescursi, sentimentaloidefrmièvredeSüßlich-sentimentalptSentimentalismo exageradozh过分感伤的arمفرط في العاطفة

   Synonymes: cloyinggushingmaudlinmushysaccharineschmaltzysentimentalslushysoppysyrupy

   Antonymes: matter-of-factpragmaticrealisticrestrainedunsentimental

2. Weakly sentimental C1 formal

   Characterized by sickly or insipid emotion, lacking genuine depth.

   • The novel's mawkish prose ruined the tragic plot.
   • He avoids mawkish birthday cards in favor of humorous ones.
   • The song was so mawkish that it felt like a parody of love ballads.
   • Critics dismissed the painting as a mawkish attempt at nostalgia.

   ruСентиментальныйesCursi, sensiblerofrSentimentalisme fadedeRührseligptMelosozh感伤而浅薄的arعاطفي مُتَكَلَّف

   Synonymes: bathoscloyingcornyemotionalgushinggushyhokeylachrymosemaudlinoveremotionalsaccharineschmaltzysentimentalsicklyslushysoppytwee

   Antonymes: hardheadedmatter-of-factpracticalrealisticstoictough-mindedunemotionalunsentimental

• more mawkish comparative form
• most mawkish superlative form