Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mawkishness

2 senses of mawkishness

Sense 1
mawkishness, bathos -- (insincere pathos)
       => sentimentality -- (extravagant or affected feeling or emotion)

Sense 2
mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness -- (falsely emotional in a maudlin way)
       => emotionality, emotionalism -- (emotional nature or quality)