maudlin
maud·lin (môd
l
n)
adj.
Effusively or tearfully sentimental: “displayed an almost maudlin concern for the welfare of animals” Aldous Huxley.sentimental.
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[Alteration of (Mary) Magdalene, who was frequently depicted as a tearful penitent.]
maudlin·ly adv.
maudlin·ness n.
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| Adj. | 1. | maudlin – effusively or insincerely emotional; “a bathetic novel”; “maudlin expressions of sympathy”; “mushy effusiveness”; “a schmaltzy song”; “sentimental soap operas”; “slushy poetry”
hokey, kitschy, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy
emotional – of more than usual emotion; “his behavior was highly emotional”
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