| Word | Definitions | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|
| maw | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, hole, trap, yap |
| mawkish | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
| mawkishly | (adverb) in a mawkish and emotional manner | Synonyms: drippily |
| mawkishness | (noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: drippiness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness |
| (noun) insincere pathos | Synonyms: bathos |