English to Filipino Meaning of mawkish - nakaiinis


Mawkish :
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sentimentalmawkishlymawkishness
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Definitions of mawkish in English
Adjective(1) effusively or insincerely emotional
Examples of mawkish in English
(1) An awful sentimental barrage of mawkish music informed us of an appropriate emotional response.(2) Public displays of emotion were, he argued, a ÔÇÿsymptom of a fragmented society that has exchanged reason for emotion, action for gesture, cool reserve for mawkish sentimentalityÔÇÖ.(3) No pods being immediately in evidence, we suspect it was a more run-of-the-mill form of mawkish , voter-confidence-reducing sentimentality disguised as comradely goodwill.(4) His annoyance is bitter anger bordering on rage; his sentiment is mawkish .(5) I think you know by now that I'm not the mawkish , overly sentimental type.(6) Her experience works well for the film, as her rendering of the gritty harbour town anchors it in a sense of reality, avoiding overly mawkish sentimentality.(7) It's as manipulative, sentimental and mawkish as any film could possibly dare to be - cinematic saccharine with a shimmering pro-fantasy, anti-science trim.(8) While some hearts have filled with kindness and gratitude, others must have sunk an inch or two, weighed by the mawkish sentiment and the thought that it was all just a bit much.(9) Rarely does an artist expose his or her personal vulnerability without descending into the mawkish and sentimental.(10) Imbued with tenderness and earthy humour, the film never crosses the line between sensitivity and mawkish sentimentality, and the action sequences, particularly with the whales, are deftly staged.(11) This, I hope, won't sound mawkish , but the poems strike me as gentler too.(12) It is a sentimental, even mawkish , language, richly mined with hidden menace and self-deceptions.(13) Yet there was a valid point in its criticism of ÔÇÿthe mawkish sentimentality of a society that has become hooked on grief and likes to wallow in a sense of vicarious victimhoodÔÇÖ.(14) But when the script turns to more romantic themes, it's never mawkish or sentimental, just grown-up.(15) The death of a footballer is too often used as an excuse by the media and excessively emotional fans for an outbreak of mawkish sentimentality.(16) There are letters from home too so we can have shots of mawkish sentimentality and tears.
(1) fish maw ::
isda sikmura
Synonyms
Adjective
1. sentimental ::
sentimental
3. maudlin ::
sentimental
4. cloying ::
cloying
5. sickly ::
masama sa katawan
6. saccharine ::
napakatamis
7. sugary ::
matamis
8. oversweet ::
oversweet
10. nauseating ::
nauseating
11. mushy ::
malambot
12. slushy ::
lapunaw
13. sloppy ::
nanggigitata
15. weepy ::
weepy
16. cutesy ::
cutesy
17. lovey-dovey ::
lovey-dovey
18. cheesy ::
ng keso
19. corny ::
mabutil
20. soppy ::
maulan
21. cornball ::
cornball
22. hokey ::
hokey
23. tearjerker ::
mapagluhang pelikula
25. three-hankie ::
tatlong-panyo
Different Forms
mawkish, mawkishly, mawkishness
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