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maudlin

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of maudlin

appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way

a maudlin movie about a lovable tramp

Synonyms of maudlin

cloying, corny, drippy, gooey, lovey-dovey, mawkish, mushy, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, slushy, sugarcoated, sugary, wet

Words Related to maudlin

dreamy, misty-eyed, moonstruck, moony, nostalgic, starry-eyed

feel-good, fuzzy

melodramatic, soap-operatic, soapy, sudsy

flat, insipid, soft-boiled, tasteless, vapid, watery

Near Antonyms of maudlin

unadulterated, unvarnished

antisentimental, cynical, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hardheaded

Antonyms of maudlin

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