Maudlin
WordNet
adjective
(1) 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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Etymology
From the name for Mary Magdalen in the Bible, typically depicted weeping.
Adjective
- Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying.
- On the rebound one passes into tears and pathos. Maudlin tears. I almost prefer the moments of agony. These are at least clean and honest. But the bath of self-pity, the wallow, the loathsome sticky-sweet pleasure of indulging it — that disgusts me.
- CS Lewis, A Grief Observed, 1961
- Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness