Maudlin

/ˈmɔːd.lɪn/

Synonyms for "maudlin" (144 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Adjective(3 words)

addled apish asinine bathetic batty beery befooled befuddled beguiled bemused besottedblind drunkbrainless buffoonish cloying cockeyed confused crapulent crapulous crazy

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credulous daffy daft dazed dizzy

Noun(1 words)

blubbering

Strong matches (43)

doting drenched drunk drunken dumbfar gonefar-gone fatuitous fatuous flaky flustered fond fool foolheaded foolish fou fuddled full futile gaga

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gay giddy glorious gooey goofy gulled gushing happy idiotic imbecile impassionedin liquorinane inebriate inebriated inebrious inept infatuated insane intoxicated jolly

Adjective(2 words)

drippy hokey

Related words (72)

Adjective(17 words)

kitschy lachrymose melodramatic mushy sappy schmaltzy schmalzy sentimentalized slushy soapier soppy soupiest soupy syrupy tearjerking teary weepiest

kooky lachrymose loony mad mawkish mellow merry moist moronic muddled mushynamby pambynamby-pamby nappy nostalgic nostomanic nutty overemotional oversentimental oversentimentalized

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reeling romantic sappy screwy senseless sentimental sentimentalized shikker sickly silly sloppy slushy sodden soft soppy sotted soupy sticky stinking stupid sweet syrupytear jerkingtear-jerking tearful teary tender thoughtless tiddly tipsyunder the influencewacky weepy wet witless

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emotional adjectiveemotional traitliterary styletone

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4 entries

corny melodramatic sappy weepy

Collocations

6 entries

maudlin displaymaudlin nostalgiamaudlin prosemaudlin rhetoricmaudlin sentimentmaudlin tears

Inflections

2 entries

more maudlinmost maudlin

Derivations

3 entries

maudlinity maudlinly maudlinness

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emotional

Sample sentences

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Spare me your maudlin life stories.

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She was downright maudlin over her broken drawing tablet; you'd think her pet had died.

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Tom always gets maudlin when he's on the booze.

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Tom always gets maudlin when he drinks.

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