sentimental

[ sen-tuh-men-tl ]
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adjective
  1. expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.

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

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

  2. characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling.

Origin of sentimental

1
First recorded in 1740–50; sentiment + -al1

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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

British Dictionary definitions for sentimental

sentimental

/ (ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl) /


adjective
  1. tending to indulge the emotions excessively

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

  1. relating to or characterized by sentiment

Derived forms of sentimental

  • sentimentally, adverb

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