bathetic (s)
drippy (s)
hokey (s)
maudlin (s)
mawkish (s)
kitschy (s)
mushy (s)
schmaltzy (s)
schmalzy (s)
sentimental (s)
soppy (s)
soupy (s)
slushy (s)

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type s
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def effusively or insincerely emotional
examples a bathetic novel
maudlin expressions of sympathy
mushy effusiveness
a schmaltzy song
sentimental soap operas
slushy poetry
Outgoing links
Similar to emotional
Derivationally related form sentimental → sentiment
Derivationally related form sentimental → sentimentality
Derivationally related form mushy → mushiness
Derivationally related form mawkish → mawkishness; mawkish → mawkishness
Derivationally related form drippy → drippiness
Incoming links
Similar to emotional
Derived from adjective drippily → drippy
Derived from adjective mawkishly → mawkish
Derived from adjective sentimentally → sentimental
Derivationally related form mushiness → mushy
Derivationally related form drippiness → drippy
Derivationally related form sentimentality → sentimental
Derivationally related form mawkishness → mawkish; mawkishness → mawkish
Derivationally related form sentiment → sentimental

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