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maudlin-adjective  [mawd-lin]
1. tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog.
2. foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/maudlin


She was so ridiculously maudlin that she cried every time anyone mentioned something less than happy.

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Date: 2007-03-17 02:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emeraldsword.livejournal.com
I think you can say that. It basically means 'sorry for yourself'. (Yes, I disagree with the way the word is used in the example, which is why I clicked).
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