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The dessert was too mawkish for my liking.
Having a sickly or overly sweet quality, often in taste or smell.
The movie was filled with mawkish moments that made me cringe.
Her speech was so mawkish that it lost its impact.
I prefer dark chocolate over mawkish sweets.
mawkish sentimentality
mawkish tone
mawkish sweetness
sentimental
saccharine
cloying
The movie was so mawkish that I couldn't take it seriously.
Excessively sentimental or emotional in a way that is considered weak or silly.
Her letter was so mawkish that it made me cringe.
The song's mawkish lyrics turned off many listeners.
I found his mawkish behavior embarrassing at the party.
mawkish sentimentality
mawkish romance
mawkish nostalgia
sentimental
sappy
overemotional