The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BATHOS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2015.
Mawkishness crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BATHOS | 71 % | 6 |
| GLOP | 14 % | 4 |
| MUSH | 14 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mawkishness
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sentimentality
- bathos
- gawkishness
- mopishness
- mousiness
- pawkiness
- maudlinness
- muffishness
- smarminess
- gawkiness
- motherliness
- mommishness
Crossword Answer definitions
BATHOS noun- Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
- Depth.
- (the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to
- (the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
- A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BATHOS
- Schmaltz
- Mawkishness
- Sappiness
- Sentimentalism
- Anticlimax
- False emotion, à la the weepy soap opera.
- Mawkish emotion.
- Strained pathetic effect.
- Anticlimax.
- Sentimentality.
More clues leading to the result GLOP
- Icky stuff
- Foul fare
- Food eaten with a spoon
- Unappealing lunch counter serving
- Unattractive food
- Unappetizing chow
- Hard-to-identify food
- Tasteless semiliquid
- Fare that may be foul
- Unappealing food