maudlin (adj.)

  1. effusively or insincerely emotional; a bathetic novel; maudlin expressions of sympathy; mushy effusiveness; a schmaltzy song; sentimental soap operas; slushy poetry

    [ Syn: bathetic , drippy , hokey , mawkish , kitschy , mushy , schmaltzy , schmalzy , sentimental , soppy , soupy , slushy ]

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