maudle

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UK/ˈmɔːdəl/US/ˈmɔdəl/US/ˈmɑdəl/

verb

To throw into confusion or disorder.

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Meanings

verbmaudle (third-person singular simple present maudles, present participle maudling, simple past and past participle maudled)

present singular third person maudles · participle present maudling · participle past maudled · past maudled

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo throw into confusion or disorder.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo render maudlin.
  3. intransitiveTo act in an excessively sentimental way.

Origin

A back-formation from maudlin, taken as the present participle.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

almude
Cite this entry
APA

maudle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maudle

MLA

“maudle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maudle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maudle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maudle.

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