maudlin

• Describe a una persona excesivamente sentimental, emocional o autocompasiva, a menudo con lágrimas o una sensibilidad empalagosa.

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.

   Sentimental en exceso

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscloyingeffusiveemotionalgushinglachrymosemawkishoveremotionalsappyschmaltzysentimentalsloppyslushysoppytearfulweepy

   Antónimosmatter-of-factsoberstoicunemotionalunsentimental