maudlin

• Descreve uma pessoa excessivamente sentimental, emotiva ou que sente pena de si mesma, muitas vezes com lágrimas ou sensibilidade açucarada. Também pode se referir a algo piegas ou melodramático.

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

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscloyingeffusiveemotionalgushinglachrymosemawkishoveremotionalsappyschmaltzysentimentalsloppyslushysoppytearfulweepy

   Antônimosmatter-of-factsoberstoicunemotionalunsentimental