ALL meanings of maudlin
maud·lin
M m - noun maudlin Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness. 1
- adjective maudlin tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog. 1
- adjective maudlin foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness. 1
- adjective maudlin sentimental 1
- adjective maudlin If you describe someone as maudlin, you mean that they are being sad and sentimental in a foolish way, perhaps because of drinking alcohol. 0
- adjective maudlin If you describe a song, book, or film as maudlin, you are criticizing it for being very sentimental. 0
- adjective maudlin foolishly tearful or sentimental, as when drunk 0
- adjective maudlin foolishly and tearfully or weakly sentimental 0
- adjective maudlin tearfully sentimental from too much liquor 0
- noun maudlin (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (Christianity) The Magdalene; Mary Magdalene. 0
- noun maudlin (botany, now historical) Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow. 0
- noun maudlin (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A Magdalene house; a brothel. 0
- adjective maudlin Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness. 0
- adjective maudlin Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying. 0
- adjective maudlin (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Tearful, lachrymose. 0