mawkishness

/ˈmɔkɪʃnəs/ noun

The quality of being overly sentimental or emotional in a way that feels fake or exaggerated.

Word Origin Mawkish originally meant 'maggoty, full of maggots,' from obsolete 'mawk' 'maggot,' from Old Norse 'mathkr.' Over time, it shifted to mean 'sickly sweet, nauseatingly sentimental' — the idea of something that makes you queasy, like finding maggots. So mawkishness is that cloying, overly emotional quality that turns your stomach.

noun The quality of being overly sentimental or emotional in a way that feels fake or exaggerated.

The movie's mawkishness made some viewers roll their eyes at the overly dramatic scenes.

(名词) 多愁善感;矫情;无病呻吟

这部电影的多愁善感让一些观众对过于戏剧化的场景翻白眼。

(sustantivo) cursilería; ñoñería; sentimentalismo; empalagamiento [La cualidad de ser excesivamente sentimental o emocional de manera falsa o exagerada.]

La sensiblería de la película hizo que algunos espectadores pusieran los ojos en blanco ante las escenas demasiado dramáticas.

(nom) mièvrerie; sensiblerie; sentimentalisme [Qualité de ce qui est excessivement sentimental ou émotionnel d'une manière qui semble artificielle ou exagérée.]

Le sentimentalisme exagéré du film a fait lever les yeux au ciel à certains spectateurs devant les scènes trop dramatiques.

(Substantiv) Rührseligkeit; Kitschigkeit [**Mawkishness** ist die Eigenschaft, übertrieben sentimental oder emotional zu wirken, sodass es gekünstelt oder übertrieben erscheint.]

Die **Mawkishness** des Films ließ einige Zuschauer bei den übertrieben dramatischen Szenen die Augen verdrehen.

(名詞) 偽物や誇張されたように感じる、過度に感傷的または感情的である性質。

その映画が過剰に感傷的だったので、一部の観客はドラマチックすぎるシーンに白けた。

(substantivo) pieguice; sentimentalismo exagerado; melodrama; lamúria [A qualidade de ser excessivamente sentimental ou emocional de uma forma que parece falsa ou exagerada.]

O sentimentalismo exagerado do filme fez alguns espectadores revirarem os olhos nas cenas melodramáticas.

Word parts: mawk + ish + ness

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