dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/maw_MWT.json
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{
"mawkishness":{
"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
"examples":[
"the grating mawkishness of her poetry makes me want to stamp on wildflowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathos",
"gooeyness",
"lovey-doveyness",
"mush",
"mushiness",
"saccharinity",
"sappiness",
"sentimentalism",
"sentimentality",
"sloppiness",
"soppiness",
"syrup",
"sirup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emotion",
"sentiment",
"corn",
"corniness",
"hokeyness",
"hokiness",
"schmaltz",
"schmalz"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynicism",
"hardheadedness",
"hard-heartedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"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"
]
}
}