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- Dictionarysentimental/ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntl/
adjective
- 1. of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia: "she felt a sentimental attachment to the place creep over her" Similar Opposite
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A sentimental person is strongly influenced by emotional feelings, especially about happy memories of past events or relationships with other people, rather than by careful thought and judgment based on facts: Why be sentimental about that old coat? There's no point in keeping it just because you were wearing it when you first met me.
1. a. : marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism. b. : resulting from feeling rather than reason or thought. a sentimental attachment. a sentimental favorite. 2. : having an excess of sentiment or sensibility. sentimentally adverb. Synonyms. chocolate-box. cloying. corny. drippy. fruity. gooey. lovey-dovey. maudlin.
Sentimental definition: expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia. See examples of SENTIMENTAL used in a sentence.
A sentimental person or thing feels or makes you feel emotions such as tenderness, affection, or sadness, sometimes in a way that is exaggerated or foolish.
Sentimental describes a person who relies on emotions more than reason, or a novel or film that is overly emotional. Derived from the Latin verb, sentire "to feel," sentimental always implies that the emotions are involved a little too much.
Definition of sentimental adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Having, showing, or caused by emotion, especially tender or affectionate feeling: I have sentimental ties to the small town I grew up in. 2. Having, showing, or caused by strong or extravagant tenderness or sadness, often in an idealized way: "He had no sentimental illusions about poverty's virtues" (Sherill Tippins). sen′ti·men′tal·ly adv.
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Sentimental definition: Having, showing, or caused by emotion, especially tender or affectionate feeling.
expressive of or appealing to sentiment, esp. the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song. pertaining to or dependent on sentiment: We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons. weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender: the sentimental Victorians.
