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sentimental | sentimentalize |

As an adjective sentimental

is characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.

As a verb sentimentalize is

to give a sentimental feel to.

sentimental

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion
  • derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment
  • romantic

    • Derived terms

    * sentimentalism * sentimentality * sentimentally

    Quotations

    * 1885 : , *: Are you in sentimental mood? *: I'll sigh with you. * 1944 : , *: Gonna take a Sentimental Journey, *: Gonna set my heart at ease. *: Gonna make a Sentimental Journey, *: to renew old memories.

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    sentimentalize

    English

    Verb

  • To give a sentimental feel to.
  • :Let us not sentimentalize things just because they are old. Getting all dewy-eyed about it because it was started in the 17th century doesn't make sense when we're talking about the town dump.
  • To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility.
    • (Webster 1913)