maudlin
UKmɔːdlin
US'mɔdlın
معنی فارسی
(داراي) احساسات حاکي از مستي يا ضعف ،
(شخص) نيم مست
معنی کامل و مثالها
/môd´lin/adj.
● (به طور زننده یا غلوآمیز) احساساتی، اشکبار (به ویژه در اثر مستی)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English mawdelen (to be overcome with emotion), from Maudelen, a variant of Magdalene (associated with Mary Magdalene's tears).
مثال
- He became maudlin after a few drinks.
- The movie's ending was so maudlin that it made me cry.
- She tends to get maudlin when she's had too much to drink.
ترکیبهای رایج
become maudlin maudlin behavior maudlin movie maudlin tears
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- effusively or insincerely emotional “a bathetic novel” “maudlin expressions of sympathy” “mushy effusiveness” “a schmaltzy song” “sentimental soap operas” “slushy poetry”
مترادفها
adjective
1. Intoxicated, inebriated, fuddled, muddled, disguised, tipsy, mellow, drunk, stupid, in liquor.
2. Silly, weak, over emotional, sickly sentimental.