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maudlin

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore M words

excessively sentimental in a tearful or self-pitying way

In a sentence

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

Synonyms
mawkishsentimentalweepymushy
Antonyms
unsentimentalstoic

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