unsentimental
Use Unsentimental in a sentence
təˈmɛnRelated forms
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
Synonyms
1. romantic, tender, nostalgic; maudlin, bathetic.
1. romantic, tender, nostalgic; maudlin, bathetic.
Antonyms
1, 4. dispassionate.
1, 4. dispassionate.
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World English Dictionary
sentimental (ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | tending to indulge the emotions excessively |
| 2. | making a direct appeal to the emotions, esp to romantic feelings |
| 3. | relating to or characterized by sentiment |
| senti'mentally | |
| —adv | |
| unsentimental (ˌʌnsɛntɪˈmɛntəl) | |
| —adj | |
| not tending to indulge the emotions excessively: a frank and unsentimental account | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
After that, his unsentimental coldness to the sentimental dairyman seems a matter of course.
Unsentimental and astoundingly beautiful, they show a violently shifting ice-filled landscape at arresting points of stillness.
But in the unsentimental world the show depicts, everyone is a piece of meat.
Yet her work always transmits the unsentimental feeling of a business: it has its ups and downs.
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