Daily Vocabulary: Mawkish
Mawkish
Adjective
1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental.
2. Sickening or insipid in taste.
[From Middle English mawke, maggot, variant of magot; see maggot.]
Sarah's mawkish acquaintance constantly encourages her to "grieve the loss of her dreams of natural childbirth," despite the fact that Sarah's son is almost two, and Sarah is still madly in love with the anesthesiologist.
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posted by Sarah @ 7:28 PM
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Mawkish is the word of doom. Thank you for putting it out there for all the world to see. It's like a public service announcement. (ps: does your friend know you have a child? of your very own and all?)
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