mawkishly
In sickeningly sweet
In a mawkishly sentimental way—excessively emotional to the point of being cloying or nauseating.
He spoke mawkishly about his childhood pet.
The word suggests sentimentality so overdone it provokes distaste rather than sympathy.
Exaggeratedly sentimental
- cloyingExcessively sweet or sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- sappyExcessively sentimental
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
treacly · syrupy · gushing · soppy · weepy · corny · cheesy · overemotional
In a stagey manner
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- hammyExcessively theatrical in style
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- dramaticallyIn a striking manner
operatic · histrionic · overacting · grandiosely · effusively · flamboyantly · tearjerker · hyperbolic
saccharine
Exaggeratedly sentimental
- cloyingExcessively sweet or sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- sappyExcessively sentimental
maudlin · treacly · syrupy · gushing · soppy · weepy · corny · cheesy · overemotional · tearfully
theatrically
In a stagey manner
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- hammyExcessively theatrical in style
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
dramatically · operatic · histrionic · overacting · grandiosely · effusively · flamboyantly · tearjerker · hyperbolic · overblown
mawkishlydrily
In understated, ironic manner
coolly · unemotionally · unsentimentally · dispassionately · stoically
mawkishlygenuinely
In a real manner
sincerely · movingly · touchingly · authentically · poignantly