sentimental
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl/
- Most people feel sentimental when they look at old family photographs.
- sentimental value
- sentimental attachment
- very sentimental
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Watch on YouTubeIt's not sentimental, not jealous, not judgmental.
- It's not sentimental, not jealous, not judgmental.
- Oh my God, Like I'm not like sentimental like that.
- I think it's easier to get too bitter than it is to get too sentimental.
- Our image of children is incredibly simple and sentimental.
- I personally have no sentimental attachment to any of the weapons I use.
- I think I'm, I'm, I'm sentimental.
- Like really I just find myself just those kind of, yeah, sentimental sort of leanings.
- You will get a sentimental feeling.
- So to be invited back to talk about it feels like a sentimental return.
Examples
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He gets so sentimental about the holidays.
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- Well, it's just that it does have a certain sentimental value.
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No, today is sentimental because it's my last day in New York.
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So to be invited back to talk about it feels like a sentimental return.
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So these are my most sentimental because my daddy used to wear these shoes growing up.
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'Most girls are sentimental about their first love.'
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Now I realize that you may have a sentimental attachment to a few items...
Fiction book (1992) -
A sentimental piece about our eighth anniversary.
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I mean, I can see how you'd naturally feel sentimental about it and everything, but...
Fiction book (1990) -
The calliope began "Tell Them That You Saw Me," a sentimental hit everyone was humming.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
82
4.6
Feels too sentimental and silly, like a movie or card
64
5.0
Feeling a gentle sadness and warm liking for the past
31
4.3
Showing too much emotion in a way that seems silly or fake
25
7.0
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
23
8.6
Showing strong feelings rather than careful thought
13
8.2
Showing fake feeling and too much emotion
9
8.2
Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste
8
8.0
Too emotional in a way that seems silly or not sincere
7
7.0
Showing too much emotion in a way that feels silly
6
8.2
Too sweet or emotional in a way that makes you feel sick
2
5.8
Too emotional and sentimental in a way that seems silly
2
9.4
Showing feelings that are not real and too sweet
2
8.7
Too emotional in a way that feels false or silly
1
7.9
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
1
4.9
Too sentimental and not sincere
1
8.6
Too sentimental and weak in feeling, often seeming false
1
5.4
Overly sentimental and emotional in a way that seems false
1
6.8
Being too emotional in a cheap, false way
1
8.9
Being very emotional in a way that feels fake
1
8.3
Showing strong feelings that make people feel sad or moved
1
9.9
Feeling strong emotion, often warm and a little sad
1
9.9
Too sentimental in a way that feels fake or silly
1
7.5
Showing strong, simple feelings in a way that seems fake
1
9.9
Showing too much love in a silly, naive way
1
8.3
Too sweet and emotional so it feels false
1
8.9
Showing too much emotion in a way that seems exaggerated
Antonyms
Compounds
14
3.2
Personal emotional worth of a thing because it reminds you of someone or a time
How Sentimental
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sentimental comes from the root sent-, from Latin sentire meaning 'to feel', and it is the same idea behind the words sense and sensation. So if someone is sentimental they show strong feelings about people or memories, sometimes in a sweet but overly emotional way.