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sentimental definition

sen·ti·men·tal (sen′tə ment′'l)

adjective

  1. having or showing tender, gentle, or delicate feelings, as in aesthetic expression
  2. having or showing such feelings in an excessive, superficial, or maudlin way; mawkish
  3. influenced more by emotion than reason; acting from feeling rather than from practical motives
  4. of or resulting from sentiment a sentimental reason

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sentimental Synonyms

sentimental

modif.

emotional, romantic, romantical, dreamy, idealistic, visionary, mawkish, maudlin, bathetic, artificial, sickish, unrealistic, susceptible, silly, overemotional, affected, simpering, languishing, artificial, insincere, overacted, schoolgirlish, sappy*, gushy*, mushy*, tear-jerking*, corny*.


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sentimental Usage Examples

Preposition: about

  • animal: Loving is Easy. Caring Costs It's easy to be sentimental about animals.

Preposition: in

  • way: So it's a bit sentimental in a way, but that's why I called it Waiting For Sunrise.

Modifies a noun

  • melodrama: Sentimental melodrama, virtuous aristocrats rewarded; post-Revolutionary incidents.

Modifying Another Word

  • overly: A beautifully painted, subtly colored picture, thus saved from being overly sentimental.

Used with adjective complement

  • get: Perhaps I am just getting sentimental in late middle age, haunted by ghosts of Christmas past.
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sentimental quotes

I notice that I'm getting more sentimental as I get older; I feel I owe it to myself somehow.

-Carter, Angela Olive

But as I see it, the most corrupt art is the sentimentalö the art of orange blossoms which make pale women swoon.

-Pissarro, Camille

The mythical America†öthat marvellous, heroic, sentimental landöwas an object of faith. It challenged you to make the believer's leap over the rude facts at your feet.

-Raban,Jonathan

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