sentimental
C1
adj
Freq #6287
Meanings
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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
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2
adj
effusively or insincerely emotional
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3
adj
given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
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4
adj
Derived from emotion rather than logical reason.
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5
adj
Romantic.
Etymology
From sentiment + -al.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
2
adj
· effusively or insincerely...
hokey
Opposites
unsentimental
Word family
Derived forms
antisentimentalhypersentimentalnonsentimentaloversentimentalsemisentimentalsentimentalisationsentimentalismsentimentalistsentimentalisticsentimentalisticallysentimentalitysentimentalization