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maudlin

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Adjective

effusively or insincerely emotional
- a bathetic novel
- maudlin expressions of sympathy
- mushy effusiveness
- a schmaltzy song
- sentimental soap operas
- slushy poetry

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "maudlin":
maudlin mandolin medline midline motilin
Words contain "maudlin" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
maudlin drippiness soupiness sentimentality mushiness mawkishness kitschy schmalzy mawkish schmaltzy more...

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