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sen·ti·men·tal

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–adjective

1.	expressive of or appealing to sentiment, esp. the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.

2.	pertaining to or dependent on sentiment: We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons.

3.	weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender: the sentimental Victorians.

4.	characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling.

[Origin: 1740–50; sentiment + -al¹

]

—Related forms

sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. romantic, tender, nostalgic; maudlin, bathetic.

—Antonyms 1, 4. dispassionate.

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sen·ti·men·tal Audio Help (sěn'tə-měn'tl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

1. Characterized or swayed by sentiment.
2. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional.
Resulting from or colored by emotion rather than reason or realism.
Appealing to the sentiments, especially to romantic feelings: sentimental music.

sen'ti·men'tal·ly adv.

Synonyms: These adjectives mean overly or insincerely emotional: a sentimental card; a bathetic novel; maudlin words of sympathy; mawkish sentiment; mushy effusiveness; a romantic adolescent; a schmaltzy song.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sentimental

1749, "pertaining to or characterized by sentiment," from sentiment (q.v.). At first without pejorative connotations; meaning "having too much sentiment" had emerged by 1793 (sentimentalist).

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sentimental
adjective
1.	given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
2.	effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˌsentiˈmental1 [-ˈmen-] adjective

(sometimes with about) having, showing or causing much tender feeling
Example: a sentimental person; a sentimental film about a little boy and a donkey

Arabic:	عاطِفي، وُجْداني
Chinese (Simplified):	多愁善感的
Chinese (Traditional):	多愁善感的
Czech:	sentimentální
Danish:	sentimental
Dutch:	sentimenteel
Estonian:	tundeline
Finnish:	tunteellinen
French:	sentimental
German:	sentimental
Greek:	συναισθηματικός
Hungarian:	szentimentális
Icelandic:	tilfinningaríkur, *-samur
Indonesian:	penuh perasaan
Italian:	sentimentale

Japanese:	感傷的な
Korean:	감상적인
Latvian:	sentimentāls
Lithuanian:	jausmingas, sentimentalus
Norwegian:	sentimental
Polish:	uczuciowy, sentymentalny
Portuguese (Brazil):	sentimental
Portuguese (Portugal):	sentimental
Romanian:	sentimental
Russian:	чувствительный;сентиментальный
Slovak:	sentimentálny
Slovenian:	čustven
Spanish:	sentimental
Swedish:	sentimental
Turkish:	duygusal, hassas

ˌsentiˈmental2 [-ˈmen-] adjective

of the emotions or feelings
Example: The ring has sentimental value, as my husband gave it to me.

Arabic:	عاطِفي، وُجْداني، مُتَعَلِّق بالشُّعور
Chinese (Simplified):	动情的
Chinese (Traditional):	動情的
Czech:	citový
Danish:	følelsesmæssig
Dutch:	sentimenteel
Estonian:	tunde-
Finnish:	tunne-
French:	sentimental
German:	Liebhaber-
Greek:	συναισθηματικός
Hungarian:	érzelmes
Icelandic:	tilfinningalegur
Indonesian:	perasaan
Italian:	sentimentale

Japanese:	感情的な
Korean:	심정적인
Latvian:	sentimentāls
Lithuanian:	keliantis švelnius jausmus
Norwegian:	affeksjons-
Polish:	emocjonalny
Portuguese (Brazil):	sentimental
Portuguese (Portugal):	sentimental
Romanian:	sentimental
Russian:	основанный на чувстве
Slovak:	citový
Slovenian:	čustven
Spanish:	sentimental
Swedish:	känslo-, affektions-
Turkish:	duygusal, manevî

See also: sentiment, "sentimental" in any language

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Sentimental

Ro*man"tic\, a. [F. romantique, fr. OF. romant. See Romance.]

1. Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.

Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and impious, more absurd, and undeed romantic, than such a persuasion? --South.

Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men have represented as chimerical and romantic. --Addison.

2. Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.

3. Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets.

4. Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.

Syn: Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious; extravagant; wild; chimerical. See Sentimental.

The romantic drama. See under Drama.

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