sentimental

[sen-tuh-men-tl]

adjective

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

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

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

characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling.

Origin of sentimental

First recorded in 1740–50; sentiment + -al¹

Related formssen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverban·ti·sen·ti·men·tal, adjectivean·ti·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverbhy·per·sen·ti·men·tal, adjectivehy·per·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverbin·ter·sen·ti·men·tal, adjectiveo·ver·sen·ti·men·tal, adjectiveo·ver·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverbqua·si-sen·ti·men·tal, adjectivequa·si-sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverbsem·i·sen·ti·men·tal, adjectivesem·i·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverbsu·per·sen·ti·men·tal, adjectivesu·per·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverbun·sen·ti·men·tal, adjectiveun·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb

Synonyms for sentimental

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

Antonyms for sentimental

1, 4. dispassionate.

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Examples from the Web for anti-sentimental

Historical Examples of anti-sentimental

Yet he is modern, in the sense that he is intellectual and anti-sentimental, as compared with Albeniz.
The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920
Various
Perhaps she had caught and unconsciously copied some of Wellgood's anti-sentimental attitude.
Second String
Anthony Hope

British Dictionary definitions for anti-sentimental

sentimental

adjective

tending to indulge the emotions excessively

making a direct appeal to the emotions, esp to romantic feelings

relating to or characterized by sentiment

Derived Formssentimentally, adverb

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Word Origin and History for anti-sentimental

sentimental

adj.

1749, "pertaining to or characterized by sentiment," from sentiment + -al (1). At first without pejorative connotations; meaning "having too much sentiment, apt to be swayed by prejudice" had emerged by 1793 (implied in sentimentalist). Related: Sentimentally.