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Another word for maudlinism

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The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:

bathos, mawkishness, sentimentalism, sentimentality. (Informal) mush, mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness. (Slang) sappiness. See feelings
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  • maudlinisms
  • schmaltziness
  • mawkishness
  • sappiness
  • mushiness
  • sloppiness
  • sentimentality
  • sentimentalism
  • bathos
  • schmaltz

WORDS NEAR maudlinism IN THE THESAURUS


  • maudled
  • maudles
  • maudlin
  • maudling
  • maudlinism
  • maudlinisms
  • maudlinly
  • maudlinness
  • maudlins
  • maudlinwort
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