mawkish
- Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
- (archaic, dialectal) Feeling sick, queasy.
- (archaic) Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
Opposite of
rational
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɔːkɪʃ/
Etymology
From mawk + -ish.
sick to one’s stomach
namby pamby
mawmish
sentimental
tiksindirici
piegas
άνοστος
sentimentale sentymentalny
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