Meaning

3 senses

  1. Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness.

    larmoyant, verheult

    слезливыйslezlivyj

    плаксивийplaksyvyj

  2. Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying.

    rührselig, selbstmitleidig

    сентиментальныйsentimentalʹnyj, расчувствовавшийсяrasčuvstvovavšijsja

    сентиментальнийsentymentalʹnyj, розчуленийrozčulenyj

  3. (obsolete)Tearful, lachrymose.

More definitions
  • effusively or insincerely emotional

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Spare me your maudlin life stories.

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  2. Tom always gets maudlin when he drinks.

    deTom wird immer weinerlich, wenn er Alkohol trinkt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom always gets maudlin when he's on the booze.

    deTom wird immer weinerlich, wenn er Alkohol trinkt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. She was downright maudlin over her broken drawing tablet; you'd think her pet had died.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner:
extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying:
Русский
By meaning 2
affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner:
extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner:
extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying:

Origin

From Middle English Maudelen, a dialectal form of Mary Magdalene (typically depicted weepi

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).

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Forms

more maudlin, most maudlin
Comparativemore maudlin Lesson
Superlativemost maudlin Lesson

regular

Synonyms

410 synonyms
blindB1blueA1cannedB1cutA1drunkB1freshA2friedA2fullA1gloriousB1highA1looseA2maggotC2mortalB2overcomeB1
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words
Derivedmaudlinismmaudlinizemaudlinlymaudlinnessmaudlinwortsweet maudlinunmaudlin

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mattressmatureB2maturitymaulmausoleumB2mauve

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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