sentimentalize
to view (someone or something) sentimentally: He sentimentalized the relationship until all real meaning was lost.
Origin of sentimentalize
1- Also especially British, sen·ti·men·tal·ise .
Other words from sentimentalize
- sen·ti·men·tal·i·za·tion, noun
- sen·ti·men·tal·iz·er, noun
- o·ver·sen·ti·men·tal·ize, verb, o·ver·sen·ti·men·tal·ized, o·ver·sen·ti·men·tal·iz·ing.
- sem·i·sen·ti·men·tal·ized, adjective
- un·sen·ti·men·tal·ized, adjective
Words Nearby sentimentalize
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How to use sentimentalize in a sentence
I am not going to sentimentalize over my copy, for how much of it have I read?
A Window in Thrums | J. M. BarrieTo sentimentalize over a criminal—to "forgive" because of a glow of feeling—is to incur liability for production of criminals.
Human Nature and Conduct | John DeweyI have talked with no sensible person who proposes to sentimentalize over the law-breaker.
Within Prison Walls | Thomas Mott OsborneThen the white race began to sentimentalize over them, and sincere scientific people to deplore their evanescence.
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney GreenbieShe was too much a child of the prairie to morbidly sentimentalize over the matter.
The Night Riders | Ridgwell Cullum
British Dictionary definitions for sentimentalize
sentimentalise
/ (ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəˌlaɪz) /
to make sentimental or behave sentimentally
Derived forms of sentimentalize
- sentimentalization or sentimentalisation, noun
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