Wordiyomawkish
🇬🇧 UK/'mɒ:kiʃ/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
adj.
Excessively or falsely sentimental in a way that seems insincere or sickly.
过分伤感的，矫情的，令人作呕的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedmawkroot
+
ishsomewhat, resembling
=mawkish
Example Sentences
- 1.
Critics dismissed the film as mawkish melodrama with no artistic merit.
- 2.
His mawkish sentimentality about the past prevented him from moving forward.