MAUDLIN

/ˈmɔːd.lɪn/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 14

Scrabble letter values: M3A1U1D2L1I1N1 = 10

Definition

  1. adjective effusively or insincerely emotional. — synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy

Examples

  • “a bathetic novel”
  • “maudlin expressions of sympathy”
  • “mushy effusiveness”

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