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mawkish

/ˈmɑːkɪʃ/ · adjective

Meaning

  1. Feeling sick, queasy.
  2. Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
  3. Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment; maudlin.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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