mawkish in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

mawkish in the PONS Dictionary

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Behind the retailers' mawkish piety, however, lies the cold reality of the balance sheet.
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There was no lavish floral tribute, no mawkish video montage.
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But it all seems too forced, too easy, too mawkish.
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The construction of the term project fear represents a mawkish recognition of the absence of the real thing.
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Although the film is mawkish, this isn't to say that it would have been better if the script had been stripped of sentimentality.
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It's an emotional rollercoaster but never veers into overly mawkish sentiments.
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I find the portrayal of such tragedy to the vulnerable teenager mawkish, reprehensible and even dangerous.
www.independent.co.uk
But these straighter stories are less focused, less engaging and vaguely mawkish compared with the sharpness of her more fantastic tales.
www.dublininquirer.com
At best, you could say it's unnecessary; at worst, mawkish karaoke.
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They can be profoundly moving without ever becoming mawkish.
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