maudlin :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

bathetic, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy

adj. effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

banal, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous

adj. dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons"

weeping, dolorous, lachrymose, tearful

adj. showing sorrow

teary, teary-eyed, watery-eyed

adj. with eyes full of tears

emotional, effusive, gushing, gushy

adj. extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry"

romantic, amatory

adj. expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride"

hot, ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, heated, torrid, impassioned, perfervid

adj. characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"

passionate

adj. having or expressing strong emotions

insipid, jejune, vapid

adj. lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"

affectional, affective, emotive

adj. characterized by emotion

cathartic, releasing

adj. emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

electric, charged, supercharged

adj. fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech"

low-down, funky

adj. (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues