be maudlin

English - Turkish

Definition of be maudlin in English Turkish dictionary: içip ağlayan olmak
maudlin: {s} aşırı duygusal
maudlin: cıvık
maudlin: duyarlı
maudlin: ağlayacak kadar duygulu
maudlin: sarhoşluk tesiriyle yersiz olarak ağlayan veya aşırı derecede duygulanan
maudlin: {s} sarhoş ve duygulanmış
maudlin: {s} içip ağlayan

English - English

Definition of be maudlin in English English dictionary
maudlin: Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying
CS Lewis, A Grief Observed, 1961.
maudlin: foolishly and tearfully affectionate
maudlin: {n} a plant
maudlin: {a} drunk, fuddled, stupid
maudlin: {s} emotional; weepy; weakly sentimental (especially when drunk)
maudlin: Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness
maudlin: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
maudlin: If you describe someone as maudlin, you mean that they are being sad and sentimental in a foolish way, perhaps because of drinking alcohol. Jimmy turned maudlin after three drinks. maudlin self-pity
maudlin: disapproval If you describe a song, book, or film as maudlin, you are criticizing it for being very sentimental. the most maudlin song of all time. a hugely entertaining movie
maudlin: An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow
maudlin: Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness
maudlin: Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly

be maudlin

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be maud·lin

bi môdlîn

/bē ˈmôdlən/ /biː ˈmɔːdlɪn/

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