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mawkish
Mawkish describes something that smells a bit sickly, or describes something that is overly sentimental in a way that kind of makes you feel sick. (adjective)
- The smell of almost-rotten milk is an example of something that would be described as mawkish.
- A cheesy greeting card poem that makes you groan is an example of something that would be described as mawkish.
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See mawkish in Webster's New World College Dictionary
See mawkish in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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