Definition of Maudlin

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Definition of Maudlin
	Maudlin Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. Alt. of Maudeline Related Definitions: Alt, And, Drunk, Drunkenness, Easily, Exciting, Fuddled, Given, Maudeline, Moved, Of, Or, Sentimental, Silly, Somewhat, Tearful, To, Weak

Maudlin Quotations

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.
Joseph Conrad

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. But yes, I don't like to get Maudlin. And I have a tendency towards it.
Gene Wilder

You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters insteresting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects.
Jane Haddam

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