maudlinly
With excessive emotion
In a tearfully sentimental or self-pitying manner, with excessive emotion that seems performative or unearned: He maudlinly recounted his childhood hardships after a few drinks.
The word carries a note of contempt for the display.
Excessively sentimental
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- syrupyExcessively sweet or sentimental
- gushyExcessively emotional
mushy · cloying · overwrought · mawkish · bathetic · treacly · soppy · weepy
Sadly longing for something
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- reminiscentTending to recall
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
bittersweet · pining · homesick · misty-eyed · dewy-eyed · romantic · rose-tinted · retrospective
Sullenly ill-humored
- woefulExtremely sad or pitiful
- forlornSad and abandoned
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- dolefulExpressing deep sorrow
lugubrious · mournful · plaintive · rueful · wallowing · brooding · dejected · crestfallen
Exaggeratedly emotional in expression
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- overactedPerformed with excessive drama
- hammyExcessively theatrical in style
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
dramatic · operatic · stagy · showy · performative · affected · mannered · campy
Mildly intoxicated
- intoxicatedAffected by alcohol
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- boozyAffected by drink
- soddenSaturated with liquid
sloshed · confessional · slurring · rambling · incoherent · mawkish
sappy
Excessively sentimental
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- syrupyExcessively sweet or sentimental
gushy · mushy · cloying · overwrought · mawkish · bathetic · treacly · soppy · weepy · lachrymose
wistful
Sadly longing for something
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- reminiscentTending to recall
sentimental · bittersweet · pining · homesick · misty-eyed · dewy-eyed · romantic · rose-tinted · retrospective · elegiac
morose
Sullenly ill-humored
- woefulExtremely sad or pitiful
- forlornSad and abandoned
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
doleful · lugubrious · mournful · plaintive · rueful · wallowing · brooding · dejected · crestfallen · disconsolate
melodramatic
Exaggeratedly emotional in expression
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- overactedPerformed with excessive drama
- hammyExcessively theatrical in style
exaggerated · dramatic · operatic · stagy · showy · performative · affected · mannered · campy · overwrought
tipsy
Mildly intoxicated
- intoxicatedAffected by alcohol
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- boozyAffected by drink
sodden · sloshed · confessional · slurring · rambling · incoherent · mawkish
maudlinlystoically
With unemotional endurance
unsentimentally · unemotionally · dispassionately · coldly · impassively
maudlinlysincerely
With genuine feeling
genuinely · nobly · gracefully · tastefully · decorously