mawkishness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun insincere pathos
    bathos.
  2. noun falsely emotional in a maudlin way
    sentimentality; soupiness; drippiness; mushiness; sloppiness.

WordNet


Mawk"ish*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman.

Webster 1913