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   maudlin

   /ˈmɔːdlɪn/

   adjective

   • 1. self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental: "a bout of maudlin self-pity" Similar sentimentalover-sentimentalemotionaloveremotionaltearfullachrymoseinformal:weepyOpposite austereundemonstrative
   • ▪ (of a book, film, or song) highly sentimental: "a maudlin jukebox tune" Similar mawkishsentimentalover-sentimentalcloyingsicklysaccharinesugarysyrupysickeningnauseatingbanaltritetweeinformal:mushyslushysloppyschmaltzyweepycutesylovey-doveygooeydrippysloshysoupytreaclycheesycornyickysick-makingtoe-curlingsoppycornballsappyhokeythree-hankyOpposite understateddryprosaic

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun denoting Mary Magdalen): from Old French Madeleine, from Church Latin Magdalena (see magdalen). The current sense derives from allusion to pictures of Mary Magdalen weeping.

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