About The Word Maudlin
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Maudlin
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What's The Definition Of Maudlin?
[adj] effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Maudlin: bathetic | emotional | mawkish | mushy | schmaltzy | schmalzy | sentimental | slushy Related Terms | Find terms related to Maudlin: addled | apish | asinine | bathetic | batty | beery | befooled | befuddled | beguiled | bemused | besotted | blind drunk | brainless | buffoonish | cloying | cockeyed | confused | crapulent | crapulous | crazy | credulous | daffy | daft | dazed | dizzy | doting | drenched | drunk | drunken | dumb | far-gone | fatuitous | fatuous | flaky | flustered | fond | fool | foolheaded | foolish | fou | fuddled | full | futile | gaga | gay | giddy | glorious | gooey | goofy | gulled | gushing | happy | idiotic | imbecile | in liquor | inane | inebriate | inebriated | inebrious | inept | infatuated | insane | intoxicated | jolly | kooky | lachrymose | loony | mad | mawkish | mellow | merry | moronic | muddled | mushy | namby-pamby | nappy | nostalgic | nostomanic | nutty | overemotional | oversentimental | oversentimentalized | reeling | romantic | sappy | screwy | senseless | sentimental | sentimentalized | shikker | silly | sloppy | slushy | sodden | soft | soppy | sotted | soupy | sticky | stupid | tearful | tear-jerking | teary | thoughtless | tiddly | tipsy | under the influence | wacky | weepy | wet | witless See Also | Maudlin In Webster's Dictionary \Maud"lin\, a. [From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE.
Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and
red with weeping.]
1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears;
excessively sentimental; weak and silly. ``Maudlin eyes.''
--Dryden. ``Maudlin eloquence.'' --Roscommon. ``A maudlin
poetess.'' --Pope. ``Maudlin crowd.'' --Southey.
2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness.
Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. --Byron.
\Maud"lin\, Maudeline \Maude"line\, n. (Bot.) An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow. |
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