ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsMmaudlin
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maudlin
Meaning: excessively sentimental and tearful
maudlin in a sentence
How maudlin is used in real sentences:
The reunion became maudlin when everyone began recalling childhood pets.
Critics called the film's final embrace maudlin rather than moving.
“Community advocates answered with maudlin testimony that left speakers weeping over every disputed name; sympathy rose, but the accounting problem remained.”
— from the passage Who Counts in Dockside
“By supper he grew maudlin over a chipped wineglass, his eyes filling as he insisted it had witnessed every family celebration since his christening, although Beatrice remembered buying it last Tuesday.”
— from the passage The House at Mallow End
Synonyms for maudlin
Other words for maudlin — sentimental, mawkish and weepy — carry the same meaning.
- sentimental
- mawkish
- weepy
Antonyms of maudlin
Words that mean the opposite of maudlin:
- unsentimental
- restrained
- stoic
Where it comes from
From Middle English Maudelen, a reference to the tearful Mary Magdalene.
Memory hook
MAUDLIN sounds like 'moaned a lot': picture someone crying over every memory.