n.
A maudlin state. Dickens.
maudlinism
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- The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional: bathos, mawkishness, sentimentalism, sentimentality. Informal mush, mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness. Slang sappiness. See feelings.
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IN BRIEF: n- Tearful display or behavior or a tendency toward it.
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