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1. a. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting. Source: opted
2. a. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious. Source: opted
3. adj. effusively or insincerely emotional Source: wordnet
4. 1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting. So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull. Pope. 2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious. J. H. Newman. Source: webster
5. j:100 s effusively or insincerely emotional Source: ecdict

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apt cause disgusted disgusting easily effusively emotional fastidious insincerely loathing nauseous satiety sentimentally squeamish dull Newman pope smoothly sweetly

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mawkin mawkingly mawkishly mawkishness mawkit

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