Synonyms of the word

mawkishness

• n. The property of being mawkish.

bathos

• n. Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
• n. (now uncommon) Depth.
• n. (literature, the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly…
• n. (literature, the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
• n. (uncommon) A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.

drippiness

• n. The state or condition of being drippy.

emotionalism

• n. An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or…

emotionality

• n. The state or quality of being emotional.
• n. (psychology) The observable component of emotion.

mushiness

• n. The characteristic of being mushy.

sentimentality

• n. An act of being sentimental.

sloppiness

• n. (uncountable) The property of being sloppy.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being sloppy.

soupiness

• n. The state or condition of being soupy.