Meaning & use
mawkish
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Excessively sentimental in a way that feels false, sickly, or exaggerated.
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Critics found the film's ending mawkish and overly sentimental.
The greeting card's mawkish poem made her cringe.
A note on using this word
Almost always used critically, to suggest that an attempt at emotion has gone too far and become insincere or cloying.
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restrained
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