SENTIMENTAL


Meaning of SENTIMENTAL in English

adjective

unduly or affectedly emotional

sentimental love stories

Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, gooey, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, moist, mushy, romantic, sappy, slushy, sobby, sobful, soft-boiled, ||soppy, soupy, sticky, syrupy, tear-jerking

Related Word: dreamy, misty-eyed, moonstruck, nostalgic, oversentimental; inane, insipid, jejune, namby-pamby, schoolgirlish, vapid; rosewater, saccharine, soft, sugar-candy, sugary, sweet; loving, tender; affectionate, demonstrative, effusive; gushing, gushy; passionate

Contrasted words: unaffectionate, undemonstrative; dispassionate, emotionless, unemotional, unresponsive; unfeeling, unloving; dry

Antonyms: unsentimental

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