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
Perhaps she had caught and unconsciously copied some of Wellgood's anti-sentimental attitude.
Second String | Anthony HopeYet he is modern, in the sense that he is intellectual and anti-sentimental, as compared with Albeniz.
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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