Another word for maudlin
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Adjective
Affectedly or extravagantly emotional
- (informal) Emotionally charged so as to induce sorrow.
- Excessively sentimental; mawkish.
- Silly or foolish.
- Full of sap.
- Characterized by dripping; drizzly:
- Tiresome or annoying.
- Mawkishly sentimental:
- Having the appearance or consistency of soup.
- Foggy:
- Sentimental.
- Marked by or given to a lack of neatness or order; untidy:
- Showing or in the habit of using little care or attention:
- Oversentimental; gushy:
- Resembling mush in consistency or firmness; soft:
- Excessively tender or romantic; sentimental.
- Poorly defined; indistinct or blurry:
- Sticky and viscous:
- Soaked; sopping.
- Rainy.
- Sentimental; maudlin.
- Yielding readily to pressure or weight:
- Easily molded, cut, or worked:
- Not tense and therefore capable of absorbing the impact of a ball or puck and of catching, receiving, or controlling it:
- Having, showing, or caused by emotion, especially tender or affectionate feeling:
- Having, showing, or caused by strong or extravagant tenderness or sadness, often in an idealized way:
- Having, showing, expressive of, or conducive to feelings of love or romance:
- Imaginative but impractical; visionary:
- Not based on fact; idealized or fictitious:
- Excessively and objectionably sentimental.
- Having a sickening taste.
- Marked by excessive displays of sentiment or enthusiasm.
- Characterized by bathos.
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Another word for maudlin
Modifier
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- Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty:
- Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull.
- Lacking physical strength, energy, or vigor; feeble.
- Likely to fail under pressure, stress, or strain; lacking resistance:
- Lacking firmness of character or strength of will:
- Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful.
- Very sentimental:
- Filled or wet with tears:
- Of or resembling tears.
- Causing weeping:
- Resembling mush in consistency or firmness; soft:
- Excessively tender or romantic; sentimental.
- Poorly defined; indistinct or blurry:
- Having, showing, expressive of, or conducive to feelings of love or romance:
- Imaginative but impractical; visionary:
- Not based on fact; idealized or fictitious:
- Excessively and objectionably sentimental.
- Having a sickening taste.
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