expressing or sharing emotion in a way that is exaggerated or embarrassing synonym sentimental无病呻吟的;自作多情的;多愁善感的 a mawkish poem 无病呻吟的诗歌
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMawkish is used with these nouns:- sentiment
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘inclined to sickness’): from obsolete mawk ‘maggot’, from Old Norse mathkr, of Germanic origin.