1. showing emotion in a foolish, tearful, or weakly sentimental way
Usage: often implies excessive or self-pitying emotion

Examples

• After a few drinks, he became maudlin and started crying about his ex-girlfriend.
• The movie’s maudlin ending left many viewers rolling their eyes.
• She gave a maudlin speech about her childhood that made everyone uncomfortable.
• His maudlin poetry was full of self-pity and exaggerated sadness.
• The funeral became maudlin when distant relatives began sobbing dramatically.
• Critics dismissed the novel as maudlin and overly sentimental.