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sentimental

sen·ti·men·tal
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sen-tuh-men-tl]
    • /ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tl/
    • /ˌsen.tɪˈmen.təl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sen-tuh-men-tl]
    • /ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tl/

Definitions of sentimental word

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

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Origin of 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 Sentimental

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

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".

sentimental usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sentimental

adj sentimental

  • amatory — of, relating to, or inciting sexual love or desire
  • candied — Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.
  • cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
  • corny — If you describe something as corny, you mean that it is obvious or sentimental and not at all original.
  • cutesy — If you describe someone or something as cutesy, you dislike them because you think they are unpleasantly pretty and sentimental.

adjective sentimental

  • affective — relating to affects
  • amorous — If you describe someone's feelings or actions as amorous, you mean that they involve sexual desire.
  • bathetic — containing or displaying bathos
  • drippy — dripping or tending to drip: a drippy faucet.
  • emotional — Of or relating to a person's emotions.

Antonyms for sentimental

adj sentimental

  • hard-nosed — hardheaded or tough; unsentimentally practical: a hard-nosed labor leader.

adjective sentimental

  • hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.

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