mawkish

adjective3

1. •
   Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.

   • I found [Christoph] Buchel’s appropriation of the boat in which so many migrants lost their lives a vile and mawkish spectacle in the context of the biennale. — 2019
2. •
   (no longer used) Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
3. •
   (dialect, no longer used) Feeling sick, queasy.