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maudlin

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maud·lin  (môdln)
adj.
Effusively or tearfully sentimental: "displayed an almost maudlin concern for the welfare of animals" (Aldous Huxley). See Synonyms at sentimental.
[Alteration of (Mary) Magdalene, who was frequently depicted as a tearful penitent.]
maudlin·ly adv.
maudlin·ness n.
maudlin
Adjective
foolishly or tearfully sentimental, esp. as a result of drinking [Middle English Maudelen Mary Magdalene, often shown weeping]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.maudlin - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
hokey, kitschy, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy
emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
maudlin
adjective sentimental, tearful, mushy (informal) soppy Brit. (informal) weepy (informal) slushy (informal) mawkish, lachrymose, icky (informal) overemotional
Translations
maudlin [ˈmɔːdlɪn] adj → llorón/ona
maudlin [ˈmɔːdlɪn] adj → larmoyant(e)
maudlin [ˈmɔːdlɪn] adj → gefühlsselig
maudlin [ˈmɔːdlɪn] adj → lacrimoso/a


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Mother Maudlin was a retched old witch, and Scathlock says he is yet more sure that the raven was she, because in her own form he has just seen her broiling the raven's bone by the fire, sitting "In the chimley-nuik within.
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With their Maudlin for Magdalene, and their Bedlam for
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Now and then familiarity was pushed too far, and would effervesce into a brawl, and a "rough and tumble" fight; but it all ended in cordial reconciliation and maudlin endearment.
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