sentimental
weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender: the sentimental Victorians.
characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling.
Origin of sentimental
1Other words for sentimental
Opposites for sentimental
Other words from sentimental
- sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
- an·ti·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
- an·ti·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
- hy·per·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
- hy·per·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
- in·ter·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
- o·ver·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
- o·ver·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
- qua·si-sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
- qua·si-sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
- sem·i·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
- sem·i·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
- su·per·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
- su·per·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
- un·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
- un·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
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How to use sentimental in a sentence
Over-sentimental and apt to cloy, it is eminently poetical and full of melody.
Masters of French Music | Arthur HerveyHis sudden and unexpected meeting with Helen and their talk together had tended to make him over-sentimental, that was all.
The Portygee | Joseph Crosby LincolnThis poem is a rather successful bit of ridicule cast on the over-sentimental who sought to follow Yoricks foot-prints.
Laurence Sterne in Germany | Harvey Waterman ThayerLife was quite gloomy enough as it was, without going out of one's way to cry one's eyes out over sentimental plays.
The Man Upstairs | P. G. WodehouseSo the best of it is over-sentimental, timid, and does not point to hardy, manly life.
Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) | Theodore Parker
British Dictionary definitions for sentimental
/ (ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl) /
tending to indulge the emotions excessively
making a direct appeal to the emotions, esp to romantic feelings
relating to or characterized by sentiment
Derived forms of sentimental
- sentimentally, adverb
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