The Clue
More mawkish (7 letter answer)
The Answer
SOPPIER
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Notes
The answer SOPPIER is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
SOPPY as an adjective:
1. (drenched, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, sopping, soppy) = wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes"
2. (bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy) = effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"