SENTIMENTALIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does sentimentalize mean?
• SENTIMENTALIZE (verb)
The verb SENTIMENTALIZE has 3 senses:
1. look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
2. make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
3. act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression
Familiarity information: SENTIMENTALIZE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SENTIMENTALIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
sentimentalize; sentimentalise
Context example:
Don't sentimentalize the past events
Hypernyms (to "sentimentalize" is one way to...):
belie; misrepresent (represent falsely)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
sentimentalise; sentimentalize
Context examples:
Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind / These experiences have sentimentalized her
Hypernyms (to "sentimentalize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
sentimentise; sentimentize; sentimentalise; sentimentalize
Hypernyms (to "sentimentalize" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
