English-Thai Dictionary

mawkish

ADJ จืดชืด  ไม่มี รสชาติ  เอียน  tasteless jud-sed

 

mawkishly

ADV อย่าง จืดชืด  yang-jud-sed

 

mawkishness

N ความ จืดชืด  kwam-jud-sed

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MAWK

n.A maggot; a slattern. [Not in use. ]

 

MAWKINGLY

adv. Slatternly; sluttishly.

 

MAWKISH

a.Apt to cause satiety or lothing. So sweetly mawkish, and so smoothly dull.

 

MAWKISHNESS

n.Aptness to cause lothing.

 

MAWKY

a.Maggoty. [Local. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MAWK

Mawk, n. Etym: [OE. mauk, ma, Icel. ma; akin to Dan. maddik, and E.mad an earthworm. See Mad, n.]

 

1. A maggot. [Scot. ]

 

2. A slattern; a mawks. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

MAWKIN

MAWKIN Maw "kin, n.

 

Defn: See Malkin, and Maukin.

 

MAWKINGLY

MAWKINGLY Mawk "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Slatternly. [Obs. ]

 

MAWKISH

Mawk "ish, a. Etym: [Orig. , maggoty. See Mawk. ]

 

1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting. So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull. Pope.

 

2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious. J. H. Newman.

 

MAWKISHLY

MAWKISHLY Mawk "ish *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a mawkish way.

 

MAWKISHNESS

MAWKISHNESS Mawk "ish *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman.

 

MAWKS

MAWKS Mawks, n.

 

Defn: A slattern; a mawk. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

MAWKY

MAWKY Mawk "y, a.

 

Defn: Maggoty. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mawkish

mawk ish |ˈmôkiSH ˈmɔkɪʃ | ▶adjective sentimental in a feeble or sickly way: a mawkish poem. • archaic or dialect having a faint sickly flavor: the mawkish smell of warm beer. DERIVATIVES mawk ish ly adverb, mawk ish ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘inclined to sickness ’): from obsolete mawk ‘maggot, ’ from Old Norse mathkr, of Germanic origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mawkish

mawk |ish |ˈmɔːkɪʃ | ▶adjective sentimental in an exaggerated or false way: a mawkish ode to parenthood. • archaic or dialect having a faint sickly flavour: the mawkish smell of warm beer. DERIVATIVES mawkishly adverb, mawkishness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘inclined to sickness ’): from obsolete mawk ‘maggot ’, from Old Norse mathkr, of Germanic origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mawkish

mawkish adjective he keeps sending her these mawkish greeting cards: sentimental, oversentimental, maudlin, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, oversweet, syrupy, nauseating; informal mushy, slushy, sloppy, schmaltzy, weepy, cutesy, lovey-dovey, cheesy, corny, soppy, cornball, hokey, tearjerker, tearjerking, three-hankie.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mawkish

mawkish adjective a long and mawkish poem: sentimental, over-sentimental, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, syrupy, sickening, nauseating, maudlin, lachrymose, banal, trite; Brit. twee; informal mushy, slushy, sloppy, schmaltzy, weepy, cutesy, lovey-dovey, gooey, drippy, sloshy, soupy, treacly, cheesy, corny, icky, sick-making, toe-curling; Brit. informal soppy; N. Amer. informal cornball, sappy, hokey, three-hankie. ANTONYMS cool, dry.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mawkish

mawk ish /mɔ́ːkɪʃ /形容詞 ｟非難して ｠(吐き気がするほど )ひどく感傷的な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞