Dictionarythesaurus home, info business 1 matching dictionary mawkish. Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for mawkish. The film does wisely refrain from becoming sugary or mawkish, at least, and the strong array of supporting characters is another substantial point in its favor the jibe is offkey too because wilde himself was hardly immune to the sentimental and even the mawkish yet her work is all heart, her flights of fancy rich with nostalgia without being mawkish. Thus, calinescu dismissed the authors overall contribution to literature. Audio pronunciations, verb conjugations, quizzes and more. How to pronounce mawkish in english cambridge dictionary. English words and examples of usage use mawkish in a sentence ellmann, the artist as critic, 222. Mawkish find potential answers to this crossword clue at. Morehead, the original coeditor of this book, who was the bridge editor of the new. The bestselling chambers crossword dictionary is the essential reference for crossword lovers everywhere. Change your default dictionary to american english. My wife is something of a crossword puzzle whizat least compared to me.
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You can describe something as mawkish when you think it is sentimental and silly. Morehead is the editor of the new american webster handy college dictionary and the new american rogets college thesaurus and the author of the new american crossword puzzle dictionary and the new american international dictionary of music. Meticulously compiled by two crossword professionals with a combined fifty years in the field and based on a massive analysis of current crosswords, there has. Rhymes with mawkish merriamwebster rhyming dictionary. Definition and synonyms of mawkish from the online english dictionary from macmillan education.
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Criticism overall, initial critical reception of the book was poor, with the book gaining certain notoriety for being mawkish and nauseous, unclean, effeminate, and contaminating. Synonyms for mawkish at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Information about mawkish in the dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. He is the son of late lexicographer and games expert albert h. About the author acclaimed puzzle creator, editor, and publisher stanley newman is crossword editor for newsday, with puzzles syndicated worldwide.
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