maudlin

Other forms of maudlin

comparative

maudlinner·

superlative

maudlinnest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about maudlin

What does maudlin mean?

maudlin means "effusively or insincerely emotional".

How many syllables are in maudlin?

maudlin has 2 syllables: maud-lin. The stress falls on "maud". In IPA it is /ˈmɔdlɪn/.

What is another word for maudlin?

Close synonyms include bathetic, drippy, hokey, mawkish, kitschy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maudlin a common word?

maudlin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.