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over-sentimental

o·ver-sen·ti·men·tal
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-ver sen-tuh-men-tl]
    • /ˈoʊ vər ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-ver sen-tuh-men-tl]
    • /ˈoʊ vər ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tl/

Definitions of over-sentimental word

  • adjective over-sentimental expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song. 1
  • adjective over-sentimental pertaining to or dependent on sentiment: We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons. 1
  • adjective over-sentimental weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender: the sentimental Victorians. 1
  • adjective over-sentimental characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling. 1
See all 4 definitions of over-sentimental

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Origin of over-sentimental

First appearance:

before 1740
One of the 48% newest English words
First recorded in 1740-50; sentiment + -al1

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Parts of speech for Over-sentimental

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Over-sentimental

over-sentimental popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for over-sentimental

adj over-sentimental

  • cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
  • cutesy — If you describe someone or something as cutesy, you dislike them because you think they are unpleasantly pretty and sentimental.
  • cloying — You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental.
All 3 Synonyms of over-sentimental

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