SENTIMENTAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sentimental mean? • SENTIMENTAL (adjective)
The adjective SENTIMENTAL has 2 senses:
1. given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
2. effusively or insincerely emotional
Familiarity information: SENTIMENTAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SENTIMENTAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
Similar:
tender (given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality)
Meaning:
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Synonyms:
bathetic; schmalzy; schmaltzy; mawkish; maudlin; hokey; mushy; sentimental; slushy; soppy; soupy; drippy
Context examples:
a bathetic novel / maudlin expressions of sympathy / mushy effusiveness / a schmaltzy song / sentimental soap operas / slushy poetry
Similar:
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
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