英语词汇“maudlin”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

maudlin

/ˈmɔːdlɪn

adjective

1Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental: a bout of maudlin self-pity...

He is by turns violent, sentimental, maudlin, self-pitying, and sadistic, and has a fine line in rhetoric.
I spent the day under a cloud of self-pity and maudlin nostalgia.
It could have been maudlin and self-pitying, and none of that was there.

Synonyms

sentimental, over-sentimental, emotional, overemotional, tearful, lachrymose

informal weepy

1.1(Of a book, film, or song) highly sentimental: a maudlin jukebox tune...

This is a maudlin film about life, love and… well, you get the picture.
This film is maudlin where the original was tough, antiseptic where the original was gritty.
However, she left no mark on film history, not one of her films is a work of art and nowhere did she leave an indelible image of an artist who transcended her maudlin material.

Synonyms

mawkish, sentimental, over-sentimental, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, syrupy, sickening, nauseating, banal, trite;

British twee

informal mushy, slushy, sloppy, schmaltzy, weepy, cutesy, lovey-dovey, gooey, drippy, sloshy, soupy, treacly, cheesy, corny, icky, sick-making, toe-curling

British informal soppy

North American informal cornball, sappy, hokey, three-hanky

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun denoting Mary Magdalen): from Old French Madeleine, from Church Latin Magdalena (see magdalen). The current sense derives from allusion to pictures of Mary Magdalen weeping.

单词	maudlin
释义	maudlin /ˈmɔːdlɪn / adjective 1Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental: a bout of maudlin self-pity... He is by turns violent, sentimental, maudlin, self-pitying, and sadistic, and has a fine line in rhetoric. I spent the day under a cloud of self-pity and maudlin nostalgia. It could have been maudlin and self-pitying, and none of that was there. Synonyms sentimental, over-sentimental, emotional, overemotional, tearful, lachrymose informal weepy 1.1(Of a book, film, or song) highly sentimental: a maudlin jukebox tune... This is a maudlin film about life, love and… well, you get the picture. This film is maudlin where the original was tough, antiseptic where the original was gritty. However, she left no mark on film history, not one of her films is a work of art and nowhere did she leave an indelible image of an artist who transcended her maudlin material. Synonyms mawkish, sentimental, over-sentimental, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, syrupy, sickening, nauseating, banal, trite; British twee informal mushy, slushy, sloppy, schmaltzy, weepy, cutesy, lovey-dovey, gooey, drippy, sloshy, soupy, treacly, cheesy, corny, icky, sick-making, toe-curling British informal soppy North American informal cornball, sappy, hokey, three-hanky Origin Late Middle English (as a noun denoting Mary Magdalen): from Old French Madeleine, from Church Latin Magdalena (see magdalen). The current sense derives from allusion to pictures of Mary Magdalen weeping. Rhymes Magdalen
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