{ "mawkishness":{ "the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the grating mawkishness of her poetry makes me want to stamp on wildflowers" ], "near antonyms":[ "cynicism", "hardheadedness", "hard-heartedness" ], "related":[ "emotion", "sentiment", "corn", "corniness", "hokeyness", "hokiness", "schmaltz", "schmalz" ], "synonyms":[ "bathos", "gooeyness", "lovey-doveyness", "mush", "mushiness", "saccharinity", "sappiness", "sentimentalism", "sentimentality", "sloppiness", "soppiness", "syrup", "sirup" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mawkish":{ "appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{ "examples":[ "a mawkish plea for donations to the charity" ], "synonyms":[ "chocolate-box", "cloying", "corny", "drippy", "fruity", "gooey", "lovey-dovey", "maudlin", "mushy", "novelettish", "saccharine", "sappy", "schmaltzy", "sentimental", "sloppy", "slushy", "soppy", "soupy", "spoony", "spooney", "sticky", "sugarcoated", "sugary", "wet" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreamy", "misty-eyed", "moonstruck", "moony", "nostalgic", "starry-eyed", "feel-good", "fuzzy", "melodramatic", "soap-operatic", "soapy", "sudsy", "flat", "insipid", "soft-boiled", "tasteless", "vapid", "watery", "cutesy", "twee" ], "near antonyms":[ "unadulterated", "unvarnished", "antisentimental", "cynical", "hard-boiled", "hard-edged", "hardheaded" ], "antonyms":[ "unsentimental" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "maw":{ "the mouth, jaws, or throat of an animal":{ "examples":[ "the gaping maw of the tiger" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gullet", "cakehole", "chops", "gob", "kisser", "mouth", "mug", "piehole", "trap", "yap", "muzzle", "jaws", "mandible", "maxilla" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "maws":{ "the mouth, jaws, or throat of an animal":{ "examples":[ "the gaping maw of the tiger" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gullets", "cakeholes", "chops", "gobs", "kissers", "mouths", "mugs", "pieholes", "pie holes", "traps", "yaps", "muzzles", "jaws", "mandibles", "maxillae", "maxillas" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }