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sentimental

/sˌɛntʌmˈɛntʌl/adjective4 syllables

Sentimental means: effusively or insincerely emotional.

Synonyms for sentimental15

adjective, as in effusively or insincerely emotional

bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy, emotional

adjective, as in given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

tender

What does sentimental mean?2

adjective

1

effusively or insincerely emotional“a bathetic novel”

2

given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sentimental?26

three syllables

parentaljudgmental

five syllables

environmentalexperimentaldevelopmental

6 syllables

intercontinentalintergovernmental
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Sentimental in a sentence

  • I wouldn't call myself a sentimental person, but it brought tears to my eyes.sundown
  • Sami things that were very sentimental for him in that box.OsoHombre
  • The younger sister is more sentimental than the other.carlosalberto
  • I don't think that Ziri was that sentimental about animals.Amastan
  • She's so sentimental, she'll never change.Nuel
  • He has completely avoided being sentimental.ulyssemc1
  • Don't be such a sentimental idiot.Hybrid
  • Layla is educated and very sentimental.OsoHombre

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