dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/maw_MW.json
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{
"Mawken":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one of a seafaring people located in the Mergui archipelago off the southern coast of Burma":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fk\u0259\u0307n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074011",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"maw-bound":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": costive":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"maw entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113515",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mawk":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": maggot":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English mawke , modification of Old Norse mathkr":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022fk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173914",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mawkin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of mawkin variant of malkin"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022f\u02cckin"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164553",
"type":[]
},
"mawkish":{
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
],
"definitions":{
": exaggeratedly or childishly emotional":[
"a mawkish love story",
"mawkish poetry"
],
": lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste":[]
},
"examples":[
"a mawkish plea for donations to the charity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sin City trash whiplashes with mawkish cute-kid sensitivity. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
"But the show made the relationship between Deborah and Ava spiky and unpredictable, touching without ever being mawkish , and revealing about the ways both women had to adapt to a show business world that judges females harshly. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Dec. 2021",
"This may sound mawkish \u2014but how much of our inner life is first learned through music",
"Even when the season slows down a bit, Sudeikis\u2019 vulnerability is touching, without ever being mawkish . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 July 2021",
"In most hands, this business of the mother-figure who sacrifices all for a child would be mawkish . \u2014 Rumaan Alam, The New Republic , 12 Apr. 2021",
"And so much of what concerned me as important in the earlier pages of my diary now seems mawkish , trivial or beneath notice. \u2014 Paul Theroux, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2020",
"This finale suggests a mawkish yet useful fact: that the cure for perfectionism is love. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 Feb. 2020",
"Despite multifaceted characters and convincing performances (particularly from Cosio and Soria), Lemus and Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s dialogue sometimes feels preachy, mawkish or on-the-nose. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 13 Feb. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English mawke maggot, probably from Old Norse mathkr \u2014 more at maggot":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022f-kish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"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"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210011",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"mawkishness":{
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
],
"definitions":{
": exaggeratedly or childishly emotional":[
"a mawkish love story",
"mawkish poetry"
],
": lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste":[]
},
"examples":[
"a mawkish plea for donations to the charity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sin City trash whiplashes with mawkish cute-kid sensitivity. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
"But the show made the relationship between Deborah and Ava spiky and unpredictable, touching without ever being mawkish , and revealing about the ways both women had to adapt to a show business world that judges females harshly. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Dec. 2021",
"This may sound mawkish \u2014but how much of our inner life is first learned through music",
"Even when the season slows down a bit, Sudeikis\u2019 vulnerability is touching, without ever being mawkish . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 July 2021",
"In most hands, this business of the mother-figure who sacrifices all for a child would be mawkish . \u2014 Rumaan Alam, The New Republic , 12 Apr. 2021",
"And so much of what concerned me as important in the earlier pages of my diary now seems mawkish , trivial or beneath notice. \u2014 Paul Theroux, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2020",
"This finale suggests a mawkish yet useful fact: that the cure for perfectionism is love. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 Feb. 2020",
"Despite multifaceted characters and convincing performances (particularly from Cosio and Soria), Lemus and Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s dialogue sometimes feels preachy, mawkish or on-the-nose. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 13 Feb. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English mawke maggot, probably from Old Norse mathkr \u2014 more at maggot":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8m\u022f-kish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"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"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103720",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"mawl":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of mawl variant spelling of maul:1"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210135",
"type":[]
},
"mawmouth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of several voracious American freshwater fishes":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from maw entry 1 + mouth":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114505",
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}