sentimental
1. given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality (Freq. 1)
• Similar to:
tender
• Derivationally related forms:
sentiment, sentimentality
2. effusively or insincerely emotional (Freq. 1)
- a bathetic novel
- maudlin expressions of sympathy
- mushy effusiveness
- a schmaltzy song
- sentimental soap operas
- slushy poetry
• Syn:
bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish,
mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, soppy,
soupy, slushy
• Similar to:
emotional
• Derivationally related forms:
sentiment, sentimentality, mushiness (for: mushy), mawkishness (for: mawkish), drippiness (for: drippy)
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