sickly+sentimental
61icky — (adj.) 1935, American English, probably from icky boo (c.1920) sickly, nauseated, probably baby talk elaboration of SICK (Cf. sick). Originally a swing lover s term for more sentimental jazz music; in general use from 1938 …
62saccharine — [[t]sæ̱kərɪn, riːn[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) You describe something as saccharine when you find it unpleasantly sweet and sentimental. ...a saccharine sweet, nostalgic sequel to the Peter Pan story... She smiled with saccharine… …
63mawkish — mawk·ish || mÉ”Ëkɪʃ adj. emotional, overly sentimental; having a sickly flavor, nauseating …
64mawkishly — mÉ”Ëkɪʃlɪ adv. in an overly sentimental manner, in an emotional manner; in a sickly or nauseating manner …
65cloying — adjective her romance novels are too cloying for my taste Syn: sickly, syrupy, saccharine, oversweet; sickening, nauseating; mawkish, sentimental, twee; informal over the top, mushy, slushy, sloppy, gooey, cheesy, corny, cornball, sappy …
66saccharine — adjective saccharine love songs Syn: sentimental, sickly, mawkish, cloying, sugary, sickening, nauseating; informal mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, weepy, gooey, drippy, cheesy, corny, soppy, cornball …
67sugary — adjective 1) sugary snacks Syn: sweet, sugared, sugar coated, candied Ant: sour 2) sugary romance Syn: sentimental, mawkish, cloying, sickly (sweet) …
68syrupy — adjective 1) syrupy medicine Syn: oversweet, sweet, sugary, treacly, honeyed, saccharine; thick, sticky, gluey, viscid, glutinous; informal gooey 2) syrupy romantic drivel Syn …
69languid — languid, languishing, languorous, lackadaisical, listless, spiritless, enervated are comparable when they mean lacking in vim or energy or, when applied to things, the appearance of it. Languid usually implies an unwillingness or an inability to… …
70soft — adj 1. plushlike, plushed, squashy, squishy, mushy, spongy; pulpy, pulpal, pulpous, pulplike, pul paceous, overripe, overmature; pappy, paplike, mashed, softened; thin, watery, runny, liquid; loamy, friable, crumbly; marshy, paludal, boggy,… …
