Mawkish (adj)
maw-kish
Sentimental in an exaggerated or false way.
Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘inclined to sickness’): from obsolete mawk ‘maggot’, from Old Norse mathkr, of Germanic origin.
Example sentences
“It was nothing but a mawkish ode to death.”
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