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Insipid Sickly Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is MAWKISH which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: MAWKISH

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199%7Exact Match!
224%8 Empty and insipid content
324%7 In a tasteless or insipid way

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "MAWKISH" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Effusively or insincerely emotional
  • adjective
  • • Feeling sick, queasy.
  • • Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
  • • Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment; maudlin.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The movie was so mawkish that it made me cringe."
  • • "I couldn't stand the mawkish love song they played at the wedding."

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The Guardian Quick04 Mar 2022 Across 9
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