mawkish

Mawkish flashbacks to Lilith’s late mother are an unsuccessful attempt at building an emotional anchor, coming in too late and with little context.

The dialogue was more dignified: no brainless chatter or mawkish introductions.

Not to be mawkish, but one of the things I like about the show is that if I saw it when I was 18, I think I would’ve enjoyed it.

Less good: The awards to actors revived a mawkish conceit in which each nominee is personally addressed by a former winner, and told how great they are, with the two facing each other on a split screen.

If a prominent Democrat goes off the script, such as Clinton did in 2016 or Obama did in 2008, and responds in kind to right-wing hatred, an enormous moral panic ensues, followed by mawkish bromides about “division” and “coming together as Americans.”