maudlin

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maud·lin /ˈmɔːdlɪn $ ˈmɒː-/ adjectiveadj

1 EMOTIONALtalking or behaving in a sad, silly, and emotional way, especially when drunk （尤因醉酒〕言谈[举止]伤感可笑的

get/grow/become maudlin

Sir Ralph was becoming maudlin after his third glass of claret.

喝了第三杯红酒，拉尔夫爵士就醉了，言谈十分可笑。

2 a maudlin song, story, film etc tries too hard to make people feel emotions such as love or sadness and seems silly 〔歌曲、故事、电影等〕煽情过度的

a song that is tender without being maudlin

一首温柔但不肉麻的歌

Examples from the Corpus

maudlin• Nearing Birmingham, Crilly grows maudlin.• No plea for contributions was too maudlin.• Then she drinks too much and gets maudlin about this ex-boyfriend.• I became maudlin, drinking more rich claret than my chaplain would like to imagine.• And he does this without being maudlin or self-pitying.• His mood was an explosive mixture of maudlin self-pity and forced gaiety, the latter predominating as he got drunker.• The anger had turned to resentment, and now the resentment was replaced by maudlin self-pity.• There are the quiet, maudlin times: injured parties, slighted lovers, Chet Baker playing to serenade them.

get/grow/become maudlin• Nearing Birmingham, Crilly grows maudlin.• The same crew of sorry drunks, getting riotous, getting miserable, getting maudlin.• Then she drinks too much and gets maudlin about this ex-boyfriend.• I became maudlin, drinking more rich claret than my chaplain would like to imagine.

Origin maudlin

(1500-1600) Maudlin “Mary Magdalen” ((14-16 centuries)), from Old French Madeleine, from Latin Magdalena; because she was shown in pictures as crying

maud·lin adjectiveadj

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BNC: 24911 COCA: 24842

maudlin

Expressing emotions in an excessive, silly or embarrassing way: sentimental, theatrical, maudlin...

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