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maudlin

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore M words

excessively sentimental in a tearful or self-pitying way

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Maudlin in a sentence

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After a few drinks he grew maudlin, weeping over long-lost friends.

Synonyms
mawkishsentimentalweepymushy
Antonyms
unsentimentalstoic
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Maudlin (adjective) means excessively sentimental in a tearful or self-pitying way
Here is maudlin used in an example sentence: "After a few drinks he grew maudlin, weeping over long-lost friends."
Common synonyms for maudlin include mawkish, sentimental, weepy, mushy.
Antonyms of maudlin include unsentimental, stoic.
Maudlin is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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