maudlin
mawd lin
- s effusively or insincerely emotional
maudlin expressions of sympathy
- It was a depressing, maudlin movie yet it had struck a chord with the mothers and grandmothers alike.
- Trevor expressed a maudlin concern for the welfare of starving children, often crying over their plight.
- Quick-witted but never showy, mocking but never cruel, warm but never maudlin, Barker may have let his hair go white (with the network's approval), but he never aged.