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sen·ti·men·tal
 sentimental
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- pronunciation:
- sen
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men
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
pertaining to or resulting from sentiment.
I kept the letter for sentimental reasons.- synonyms:
- emotional
- antonyms:
- unsentimental
- similar words:
- affectionate, mushy, tender, warm
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| definition 2: |
appealing to or expressing nostalgic or tender feelings.
The old love songs seem more sentimental to me than the new ones.On the wall was a sentimental drawing of a happy family at Christmas.My sister likes to get sentimental cards for her birthday, but I prefer the humorous ones.- synonyms:
- nostalgic
- antonyms:
- unsentimental
- similar words:
- affecting, emotional, feeling, romantic, soulful, tearful, tender
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| definition 3: |
inclined toward or easily swayed by tender emotions.
Although she could have used the money, she was sentimental and would not sell her father's farm.- antonyms:
- hard-boiled, hard-nosed, unsentimental
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| definition 4: |
overly emotional; mawkish.
I can't stand these sentimental dramas that have the audience weeping at every turn.- synonyms:
- mawkish
- antonyms:
- unsentimental
- similar words:
- corny, emotional, gushy, hokey, maudlin, melodramatic, mushy, romantic, sweet, weepy
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| related words: |
touching |
adverb + (adj.)sentimental
awfully, bit, equally, hardly, merely, neither, overly, purely, shamelessly, sweetly, unabashedly
(adj.)sentimental
+ noun
appeal,
attachment,
attraction,
ballad,
cliche,
comedy,
cowboy,
discourse,
ending,
favorite,
feeling,
fiction,
fool,
genre,
gesture,
grandmother,
heroine,
illusion,
impulse,
interlude,
journey,
longing,
lover,
lyric,
melancholy,
melodrama,
mood,
movie,
narrative,
nationalism,
nonsense,
nostalgia,
novel,
piety,
plot,
poem,
poet,
poetry,
pop,
realist,
reason,
recollection,
relic,
romance,
rush,
sap,
scene,
song,
tale,
tune,
value,
wish
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| derivation: |
sentimentally (adv.) |
The word sentimental
contains the following part:
sens, sent1
Latin
root
that means to feel, to perceive
  Example words:
assent, consent, desensitize, dissent, insensate, resent, sensation, senseless, sensibility, sensible, sensitive, sensitivity, sensitize, sensory, sensual, sensuous, sentiment, sentimental
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