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单词 mawkish
释义

mawkish

English

Alternative forms

  • maukish (obsolete)

Etymology

From mawk + -ish.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːkɪʃ/
  • (cotcaught merger, NCVS, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːkɪʃ/

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; maudlin.
    • 2014 August 11, w:Dave Itzkoff, "Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide," New York Times
      Some of Mr. Williams’s performances were criticized for a mawkish sentimentality, like “Patch Adams,” a 1998 film that once again cast him as a good-hearted doctor, and “Bicentennial Man,” a 1999 science-fiction feature in which he played an android.

Synonyms

  • (excessively or falsely sentimental): cutesy, schmaltzy

Antonyms

  • (excessively or falsely sentimental): rational

Anagrams

  • hawkism
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