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 Definitions of sentimental  [ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tl]  

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Definition of 'sentimental' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) sentimental
expressive of or appealing to the tender emotions.

2.  sentimental
nostalgic:
a sentimental journey.

3.  sentimental
weakly emotional; mawkish.

Etymology:  (1740–50)

Definition of 'sentimental' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) sentimental
given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

2. (adj) bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy
effusively or insincerely emotional
"a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"


Definition of 'sentimental' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) sentimental
feeling, showing, or causing sb to feel exaggerated romantic, sad, or sympathetic emotions
a sentimental love song; I'm just feeling sentimental.

2.  sentimental
connected with your emotions, not with good judgment
You can't afford to get sentimental about selling your house.

3.  sentimental
sentimental value
value related to how you feel, not to financial worth
jewelry with great sentimental value


Definition of 'sentimental' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) sentimental
having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic

2. (adj) sentimental
inclined to sentiment; having an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the sensibilities for their own sake; artificially or affectedly tender; -- often in a reproachful sense

3. (adj) sentimental
addressed or pleasing to the emotions only, usually to the weaker and the unregulated emotions


Translation of 'sentimental' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (sometimes with about ) having, showing or causing much tender feeling
a sentimental person; a sentimental film about a little boy and a donkey.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sentimenteel Arabic flag Arabic: عاطِفي، وُجْداني Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: разнежен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sentimental Czech flag Czech: sentimentální German flag German: sentimental
Danish flag Danish: sentimental Greek flag Greek: συναισθηματικός Spanish flag Spanish: sentimental
Estonian flag Estonian: tundeline Farsi flag Farsi: عاطفه Finnish flag Finnish: tunteellinen
French flag French: sentimental Hebrew flag Hebrew: רַגשָנִי Hindi flag Hindi: भावुक
Croatian flag Croatian: sentimentalan, silno osje Hungarian flag Hungarian: szentimentális Indonesian flag Indonesian: penuh perasaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: tilfinningaríkur/-samur Italian flag Italian: sentimentale Japanese flag Japanese: 感傷的な
Korean flag Korean: 감상적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: jausmingas, sentimentalus Latvian flag Latvian: sentimentāls
Malay flag Malay: sentimental Dutch flag Dutch: sentimenteel Norwegian flag Norwegian: sentimental
Polish flag Polish: uczuciowy, sentymentalny Persian flag Persian: عاطفه Pashto flag Pashto: نرى زړى، نرم زړى احساساتي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sentimental Romanian flag Romanian: sen­timental Russian flag Russian: чувствительный;сентимента
Slovak flag Slovak: sentimentálny Slovenian flag Slovenian: čustven Serbian flag Serbian: osećajan
Swedish flag Swedish: sentimental Thai flag Thai: เต็มไปด้วยความรู้สึกอ่อนไ Turkish flag Turkish: duygusal, hassas
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 多愁善感的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сентиментальний Urdu flag Urdu: جذباتی، حساس
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ủy mị, đa cảm Chinese flag Chinese: 多愁善感的

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