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Word of the Day: Mawkish

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WORD OF THE DAY

Part of speech: adjective

Origin: Middle English, late 17th century

1

Exaggeratedly sentimental or emotional

2

Having a mildly unpleasant or sickening taste

Examples of Mawkish in a sentence

"The beauty pageant was so over the top that some audience members were made uncomfortable by the mawkish speeches. "

"His grandmother wanted to be encouraging, but all the baking lessons produced were mawkish cookies."

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