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adjectivetearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog. foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness. Origin of maudlin1500–10; special use of Maudlin,Middle English Maudelen ≪ Late Latin Magdalēnē<Greek Magdalēnḗ Mary Magdalene, portrayed in art as a weeping penitent OTHER WORDS FROM maudlinmaud·lin·ism, nounmaud·lin·ly, adverbmaud·lin·ness, nounun·maud·lin, adjective un·maud·lin·ly, adverb Words nearby maudlinMauá, Maubeuge, mauby, Mauchly, maud, maudlin, Maudslay, mauger, Maugham, maugre, Maui Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for maudlinWhenever the script seems ready to surrender to maudlin excess, Gosling and McAdams are there to pull it back. A Love Letter to ‘The Notebook,’ a Melodrama That Commits to Its Sentimentality|Teo Bugbee|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Also, beyond incompetence, he was meant to be weak, vain and maudlin. What It Was Like to Watch the Beatles Become the Beatles—Nik Cohn Remembers|Nik Cohn|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is a book that cries out like one of his maudlin ditties to be edited. Hatchet Job of the Year 2014 Shortlist Announced|The Telegraph|January 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST How can you write about that earlier self without being either patronizing or maudlin? Marco Roth’s Book Bag: The Anti-Memoir Memoir|Marco Roth|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That kind of maudlin touch is what we expect … and live for. Best 2013 Oscar Moments: Red Carpet, Anne Hathaway & More (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|February 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST I thought you scoffed at all baritones, and only delighted in maudlin tenors and anticking sopranos. The Dominant Strain|Anna Chapin Ray The men of Lewis and Skye tackled the liquid bounty with great glee, and soon were in a state of maudlin intoxication. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland|Daniel Turner Holmes The maudlin stockman had indeed to be restrained by his neighbors from precipitating himself upon the barrels of Stingaree. Stingaree|E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung One moment he was in maudlin tears and the next he was cracking some miserable joke about the disaster. The Johnstown Horror|James Herbert Walker Gorki's cheap sentiment, and maudlin pity, often result in clap-trap and padding which are foreign to the artist proper.
British Dictionary definitions for maudlin
adjectivefoolishly tearful or sentimental, as when drunk Derived forms of maudlinmaudlinism, nounmaudlinly, adverbmaudlinness, nounWord Origin for maudlinC17: from Middle English Maudelen Mary Magdalene, typically portrayed as a tearful penitent Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to maudlinweepy, sentimental, romantic, mushy, mawkish, syrupy, befuddled, confused, insipid, lachrymose, slush, soap, soapy, tearful, weak, bathetic, drippy, schmaltzy, soppy, gushing |