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Maudlin — And now where er he goes Among the Galilean mountains Or more unwelcome ways, He s followed by two faithful fountains; Two walking baths; Two weeping motions; Portable and compendious oceans. The English poet Richard Crashaw (1613 1649) wrote… … Dictionary of eponyms
Maudlin — Maud lin, a. [From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE. Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with weeping.] 1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. Maudlin eyes.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drunk — drunk, drunken, intoxicated, inebriated, tipsy, tight are comparable when they mean being conspicuously under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Drunk and drunken are the plainspoken, direct, and inclusive terms {drunk as a fiddler} {drunk as… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
maudlin — maud|lin [ˈmo:dlın US ˈmo: ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Maudlin Mary Magdalen (14 16 centuries), from Old French Madeleine, from Latin Magdalena; because she was shown in pictures as crying] 1.) talking or behaving in a sad, silly, and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
drunk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. intoxicated, tipsy. n. drunkard, sot, alcoholic. See drinking. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, tipsy, befuddled, muddled, overcome, under the influence, flushed,… … English dictionary for students
drunk — adj 1. intoxicated, inebriated, inebriate, inebrious, bibacious, crapulent, crapulous; drunken, sodden, besotted, sotted, sottish, awash, Literary. in one s cups; under the weather; saturated, soused, full, Scot. fou; tipsy, grogged, Archaic.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
maudlin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. weepy, teary, sobby; sentimental; drunk. See feeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. mawkish, Romantic, mushy*, teary*, weepy*, weak, insipid, gushing; see also emotional 2 , sentimental . III (Roget s … English dictionary for students
drunk — Synonyms and related words: ablaze, addled, afire, aflame, alcoholic, alcoholic addict, animated, ardent, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, beery, bemused, bender, besotted, bibber, big drunk, binge, blind drunk, blotto, boiling over,… … Moby Thesaurus
maudlin — Synonyms and related words: addled, apish, asinine, bathetic, batty, beery, befooled, befuddled, beguiled, bemused, besotted, blind drunk, brainless, buffoonish, cloying, cockeyed, confused, crapulent, crapulous, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft,… … Moby Thesaurus
maudlin — adj 1. sentimental, mawkish, emotional; soupy, romantic, having the soul of a shopgirl, mushy, slushy, Inf. gloppy, cow eyed, calf eyed; teary, lachrymose, weepy, Inf. drippy, soppy; babyish, tender, soft, tender hearted, susceptible, thin… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
maudlin — adjective Etymology: alteration of Mary Magdalene; from her depiction as a weeping penitent Date: 1509 1. drunk enough to be emotionally silly 2. weakly and effusively sentimental … New Collegiate Dictionary
