Antonyms of adj maudlin
1 sense of maudlin
Sense 1
bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy -- (effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry")
INDIRECT (VIA emotional) -> unemotional -- (unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion)
Similarity of adj maudlin
1 sense of maudlin
Sense 1
bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy -- (effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry")
=> emotional (vs. unemotional) -- (of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional")