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Definition of Maudlin
1. Adjective. Effusively or insincerely emotional. "Slushy poetry"
Exact synonyms: Bathetic, Drippy, Hokey, Kitschy, Mawkish, Mushy, Schmaltzy, Schmalzy, Sentimental, Slushy, Soppy, Soupy
Similar to: Emotional
Derivative terms: Drippiness, Mawkishness, Mawkishness, Mushiness, Sentiment, Sentimentality
Similar to: Emotional
Derivative terms: Drippiness, Mawkishness, Mawkishness, Mushiness, Sentiment, Sentimentality
Definition of Maudlin
1. a. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly.
2. n. An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.
Definition of Maudlin
1. excessively emotional [adj]