maudlin (adj.)
- addled
- apish
- asinine
- bathetic
- batty
- beery
- befuddled
- beguiled
- bemused
- besotted
- brainless
- buffoonish
- cloying
- cockeyed
- confused
- crapulent
- crapulous
- crazy
- credulous
- daft
- dazed
- dizzy
- doting
- drenched
- drunk
- drunken
- dumb
- fatuous
- flaky
- flustered
- fond
- foolish
- fuddled
- full
- futile
- gaga
- gay
- giddy
- glorious
- gooey
- goofy
- gushing
- happy
- idiotic
- imbecile
- inane
- inebriated
- inept
- infatuated
- insane
- intoxicated
- jolly
- kooky
- lachrymose
- loony
- mad
- mawkish
- mellow
- merry
- moronic
- muddled
- mushy
- namby-pamby
- nappy
- nostalgic
- nutty
- overemotional
- romantic
- sappy
- screwy
- senseless
- sentimental
- silly
- sloppy
- slushy
- sodden
- soft
- soppy
- sotted
- soupy
- sticky
- stupid
- tearful
- teary
- thoughtless
- tiddly
- tipsy
- wacky
- weepy
- wet
- witless
Is there a parson much bemused in beer,
A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer,
A clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross,
Who pens a stanza when he should engross?