MAUDLIN
bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy
(adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional; “a bathetic novel”; “maudlin expressions of sympathy”; “mushy effusiveness”; “a schmaltzy song”; “sentimental soap operas”; “slushy poetry”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Maudlin (plural Maudlins)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maudlin is the 28679th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 831 individuals. Maudlin is most common among White (92.78%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Mauldin, indlamu
Etymology
Noun
maudlin (plural maudlins)
(obsolete, Christianity) The Magdalene; Mary Magdalene. [14th-16th c.]
(historical) Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow. [from 15th c.]
(obsolete) A Magdalene house; a brothel. [17th c.]
Adjective
maudlin (comparative more maudlin, superlative most maudlin)
Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness. [from 17th c.]
Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete) Tearful, lachrymose. [17th-19th c.]
Synonyms
• (affectionately sentimental): mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, soupy, slushy
(drunk): See drunk
• (excessively sentimental): emotional, overwrought, soppy
• (tearful): larmoyant, mournful, plaintful, teary, weepy; see also sad
Anagrams
• Mauldin, indlamu
Source: Wiktionary
Maud"lin, a. Etym: [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, Maude"line, n. (Bot.)
Definition: An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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