Definition of "mawkish" [mawk•ish]

• Excessively and objectionably sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental. (adjective)
• Sickening or insipid in taste. (adjective)

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• "This book, small and easily digested, stopping just short of the maudlin and the mawkish, is on the whole sincere, sentimental, and skillful."
• "I hope that that song doesn't sound too much like that kind of mawkish Christian rock song."
• "Professor, "mawkish" doesn't even begin to describe it."