maudlin | Definition of maudlin

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

chocolate-box, cloying, corny, drippy, fruity, gooey, lovey-dovey, mawkish, mushy, novelettish, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, slushy, soppy, soupy, spoony (or spooney), sticky, 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

cutesy, twee [chiefly British]

Near Antonyms of maudlin

unadulterated, unvarnished

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

Antonyms of maudlin