sentimental

C1
US /ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/ UK /ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/
adj Freq #6287

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.

    2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring. Wish I was old and a little sentimental

  2. 2
    adj

    effusively or insincerely emotional

  3. 3
    adj

    given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

  4. 4
    adj

    Derived from emotion rather than logical reason.

  5. 5
    adj

    Romantic.

Etymology

From sentiment + -al.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · effusively or insincerely... hokey
Opposites
unsentimental
Word family
Derived forms antisentimentalhypersentimentalnonsentimentaloversentimentalsemisentimentalsentimentalisationsentimentalismsentimentalistsentimentalisticsentimentalisticallysentimentalitysentimentalization

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