7
mushiness(noun, informal, feelings, sensitivity, sentimentality)
6
mawkishness(noun, quality, condition, feelings, sensitivity)
6
sentimentality(noun, quality, condition, feelings, melancholy)
6
bathos(noun, quality, condition, feelings, letdown)
6
schmalz
5
shmaltz
5
maudlinism(noun, quality, condition, feelings, gush)
5
sloppiness(noun, informal, feelings, sensitivity, soppiness)
4
mush(noun, informal, feelings, letdown, corn)
3
sentimentalism(noun, quality, condition, feelings, gush)
3
gushiness(noun, sentimentality, slush, soppiness, slushiness)
3
reminiscence(noun, melancholy, longing, yearning, languor)
3
sappiness(noun, slang, feelings, sensitivity)
3
schmaltziness(noun, informal, feelings)
2
homesickness(noun, melancholy, longing, yearning, languor)
2
lovesickness(noun, sensitivity)
2
sensitivity(noun, sensitivity)
2
sentiment(noun, sentimentality, slush, sloppiness, soppiness)
2
tenderness(noun, sensitivity)
1
corn(noun, slush)
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