'Maudlin' definitions:
Definition of 'maudlin'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Definition of 'Maudlin'
From: GCIDE
- Maudlin \Maud"lin\, a. [From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE. Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with weeping.]
- 1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. "Maudlin eyes." --Dryden. "Maudlin eloquence." --Roscommon. "A maudlin poetess." --Pope. "Maudlin crowd." --Southey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. [1913 Webster]
- Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. --Byron. [1913 Webster] Maudlin
Definition of 'Maudlin'
From: GCIDE
- Maudlin \Maud"lin\, Maudeline \Maude"line\, n. (Bot.) An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'maudlin'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addled,
- apish,
- asinine,
- bathetic,
- batty,
- beery,
- befooled,
- befuddled,
- beguiled,
- bemused,
- besotted,
- blind drunk,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- cloying,
- cockeyed,
- confused,
- crapulent,
- crapulous,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- dizzy,
- doting,
- drenched,
- drunk,
- drunken,
- dumb,
- far-gone,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- flaky,
- flustered,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- fou,
- fuddled,
- full,
- futile,
- gaga,
- gay,
- giddy,
- glorious,
- gooey,
- goofy,
- gulled,
- gushing,
- happy,
- idiotic,
- imbecile,
- in liquor,
- inane,
- inebriate,
- inebriated,
- inebrious,
- inept,
- infatuated,
- insane,
- intoxicated,
- jolly,
- kooky,
- lachrymose,
- loony,
- mad,
- mawkish,
- mellow,
- merry,
- moronic,
- muddled,
- mushy,
- namby-pamby,
- nappy,
- nostalgic,
- nostomanic,
- nutty,
- overemotional,
- oversentimental,
- oversentimentalized,
- reeling,
- romantic,
- sappy,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- sentimentalized,
- shikker,
- silly,
- sloppy,
- slushy,
- sodden,
- soft,
- soppy,
- sotted,
- soupy,
- sticky,
- stupid,
- tear-jerking,
- tearful,
- teary,
- thoughtless,
- tiddly,
- tipsy,
- under the influence,
- wacky,
- weepy,
- wet,
- witless