maudlin

Speech parts

1. maudlin - Noun

2. maudlin - Adjective

3. maudlin - Adjective Satellite

4. Maudlin - Proper noun

Meaning

Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly.

Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness.

Alt. of Maudeline

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

soupy sentimental mushy slushy sappy mawkish soppy bathetic drippy hokey schmaltzy kitschy schmalzy beery nappy
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Antonyms

stoic phlegmatic controlled DRY cold continent
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Phrases with the word

maudlin plea

Anagrams

Mauldin indlamu

Examples

Stiff-necked America, in flagrant rebellion against God, is indulging a caterwauling orgy of sinful maudlin cinementality on the 5th anniversary of God's 9/11 vengeance upon this evil nation for its sodomite sins! Fred Phelps

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine. Joseph Conrad

Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality, but by the higher duty I owe to myself. Eugene V. Debs

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. But yes, I don't like to get Maudlin. And I have a tendency towards it. Gene Wilder

My father always read obituaries to me out loud, not because he was maudlin or morbid, but because they were mini biographies. Bill Paxton

You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters insteresting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects. Jane Haddam

Close letter words and terms

Maudgalyayana Maudie maudle maudlin plea Maudling maudlinism