maudlin 的定义
- tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog.
- foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness.
maudlin 近义词
teary, overemotional
更多maudlin例句
- Not even an actor of Allen’s caliber can elevate material this maudlin.
- In another series, drafting a fantasy football team by the side of a fallen comrade could be sentimental, even borderline maudlin.
- Whenever the script seems ready to surrender to maudlin excess, Gosling and McAdams are there to pull it back.
- Williams interviewed and profiled four D-Day veterans, showing his sensitive side without ever seeming maudlin.
- Also, beyond incompetence, he was meant to be weak, vain and maudlin.
- This is a book that cries out like one of his maudlin ditties to be edited.
- Before Tom's selfishness, Justice threw away her scales and became maudlin sentiment.
- Both were maudlin drunk and each was trying to impress the other with his wisdom, his repartee and boldness.
- On the crest of some higher waves of consciousness were borne to him drunken shouts, maudlin blasphemies.
- The word maudlin suggests the idea of being ready to weep unnecessarily.
- It's your maudlin gospel-millers who get scared at the chance of kicking.