maudlin

• Beschreibt eine Person, die übertrieben sentimental, gefühlsduselig oder selbstmitleidig ist, oft mit Tränen oder kitschiger Rührseligkeit, besonders wenn sie betrunken ist.

Describes someone who is overly sentimental, emotional, or self-pitying, often in a tearful or mawkish way.

1. Overly sentimentalC1formal

   Excessively or tearfully sentimental, often due to alcohol or emotion.

   Rührselig

   • He became maudlin after a few drinks, crying about old memories.
   • The movie's ending was so maudlin that it felt forced.
   • She wrote a maudlin letter to her ex-boyfriend.

   Synonymecloyingeffusiveemotionalgushinglachrymosemawkishoveremotionalsappyschmaltzysentimentalsloppyslushysoppytearfulweepy

   Antonymematter-of-factsoberstoicunemotionalunsentimental