maudlin
8
8.0
- adjective
- /ˈmɔːdlɪn/
:
melancólico
- I think it's creepy, maudlin and amateurish.
- get maudlin
- become maudlin
- maudlin and sentimental
A fake wedding for a maybe dying child is maudlin and in very poor taste.
- A fake wedding for a maybe dying child is maudlin and in very poor taste.
- They'll portray you as maudlin and overly sentimental or just foolish for being so into this joyful, happy thing.
- I might not wake up from this and not doing that in any sort of maudlin way, but recognizing that that's that's actually the case.
Examples
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Now she had become ordinary, full of the maudlin psychology of this place.
Fiction book (1992) -
Those reflections on laughing and crying, I think they might sound quite maudlin if they were not in Alex's voice.
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A fake wedding for a maybe dying child is maudlin and in very poor taste.
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Please, John, let's not be maudlin.
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I can't stand the maudlin ones.
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I've been sitting around all morning being maudlin.
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But you said Finland had a maudlin quality to it and it was unsuitable as a holiday destination.
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Well directed and shot; some of the film is humorous, much is maudlin and boring.
Blog text (19) -
I seriously said that awful, maudlin thing with more sincerity than I think I've ever said anything before.
Blog text (9) -
After watching the sad movie, she became maudlin and couldn't stop crying.
Synonyms
165
4.5
Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional
56
4.6
Feels too sentimental and silly, like a movie or card
32
5.6
Showing feelings in a way that is too strong
27
4.3
Showing too much emotion in a way that seems silly or fake
23
7.0
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
23
8.2
Showing fake feeling and too much emotion
20
3.7
Feeling like you want to cry easily
8
8.2
Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste
7
4.9
Showing too much feeling about small things
6
7.0
Showing too much emotion in a way that feels silly
3
8.2
Too sweet or emotional in a way that makes you feel sick
3
5.0
Showing too much feeling for the situation
3
9.5
Very sad in a way that seems too much and not natural
2
9.4
Showing feelings that are not real and too sweet
2
8.7
Too emotional in a way that feels false or silly
1
7.9
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
1
5.8
Too emotional and sentimental in a way that seems silly
1
5.4
Overly sentimental and emotional in a way that seems false
1
9.9
Too sentimental in a way that feels fake or silly
Being very emotional in a way that feels fake
Being too emotional in a cheap, false way
Too sweet and emotional so it feels false
Too emotional and sweet in a way that feels fake
Showing strong, simple feelings in a way that seems fake
Showing too much emotion in a way that seems exaggerated
Too sentimental and weak in feeling, often seeming false
Having too much sugar in taste or feeling too emotional
Antonyms
How Sentimental
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maudlin comes from the name Magdalene, as in Mary Magdalene, who was often shown crying in old stories and paintings; a 'maudlin' figure was a very tearful one. So, maudlin now means being too tearful or too sentimental, often in a silly or not sincere way.