mawkishness
Definitions
Noun
- Insincere pathos
- Falsely emotional in a maudlin way
As a Fragment
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Sounds Like
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Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "mawkishness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | witness | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | wishes | 2 | 24 |
| 3 | jewishness | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | mawkish | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | harshness | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | brashness | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | squeamishness | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | hawkiness | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | mckiness | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | bearishness | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | maness | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | maines | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | irishness | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | waterishness | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | skittishness | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | wishner | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | wishers | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | swishes | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | smashes | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | shyness | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | rawness | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
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Statistically Associated
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Consonant Match
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Jul 25, 2025 London Evening Standard
Mar 22, 2022 Slant Magazine

