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MAWKISH

\mˈɔːkɪʃ], \mˈɔːkɪʃ], \m_ˈɔː_k_ɪ_ʃ]\

Definitions of MAWKISH

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary

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Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Apt to cause loathing; maudlin; foolishly sentimental; as, mawkish love stories.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Loathsome, disgusting, as anything beginning to breed mawks or maggots.
MAWKISHLY.
MAWKISHNESS.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Somewhat disgusting in taste.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

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