maudlin

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness.
2. Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying.
3. (obsolete) Tearful, lachrymose.

Noun

1. (obsolete) The Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.
2. (historical) Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow.
3. (obsolete) A Magdalene house; a brothel.

Conceptes

llagrimós

Sinònims

mawkish

sentimental

slushy

soppy

schmalzy

kitschy

bathetic

mushy

drippy

soupy

schmaltzy

lachrymose

weepy

teary

hokey

tearful

grizzler

whinging

whingeing

tearfully sentimental

schmaltzy

hokey

soppy

corny

crybaby

emotional

gooey

gushing

hypersensitive

misery

oversensitive

overstrung

querulous

sentimentality

sniveler

tearfulness

weeping

effusively sentimental

Traduccions

larmoyant

sentimental

rührselig

sentimental

pleurnicheur

sentimentale

sentimental

Gefühlsduselei

histrionique

larmoyant

maniéré

hystérique

mièvre

affecté

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmɔːd.lɪn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Middle English Maudelen, a dialectal form of Mary Magdalene (typically depicted weeping), from Old French Madelaine (whence Madeleine), from Late Latin Magdalena (see Magdalena, Magdalene, and Maudlin).