HyperDic: maudlin

English > 1 sense of the word maudlin:
ADJECTIVEallmaudlin, bathetic, drippy, hokey, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushyeffusively or insincerely emotional
maudlin > pronunciation
Soundsmao'dlihn
RhymesAdrenalin ... zeppelin / Zeppelin: 223 rhymes with ihn...
English > maudlin: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningeffusively or insincerely emotional.
Example "maudlin expressions of sympathy"
Synonymsbathetic, drippy, hokey, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy
BroaderemotionalOf more than usual emotion
Spanishlloraduelos, llorica, remilgado, sensiblero, sentimentaloide
Catalanllagrimós, sentimental

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