mawkish
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Mawkish flashbacks to Lilith’s late mother are an unsuccessful attempt at building an emotional anchor, coming in too late and with little context.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024
Mawkish, obvious and manipulative, “The Son” is, quite simply, a disappointment, from its pat setup to its equally false — and, quite frankly, cruel — resolution.
From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2023
Mawkish to be sure, but within months it went gold on the charts.
From New York Times • May 28, 2010
Mawkish pulp her mouth had mumbled sweetsour of her spittle.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
Mawkish, mawk′ish, adj. loathsome, disgusting, as anything beginning to breed mawks or maggots.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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