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maudlinness

/mawd-lin/US // ˈmɔd lɪn //UK // (ˈmɔːdlɪn) //

茂盛,茅台酒,茂林,茅台

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog.
    • : foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness.

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Examples

  • 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.