ADJECTIVE | all | sentimental | given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality |
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all | sentimental, bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy | effusively or insincerely emotional |
Sounds | seh.nahmeh'nahl; seh.nahmeh'ntahl; seh.ntahmeh'nahl; seh.ntahmeh'ntahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality. | |
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Broader | tender | given to sympathy / sympathy / sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality |
Spanish | conmovedor, sentimental | |
Catalan | sentimental | |
Nouns | sentiment | tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion |
sentimentality | extravagant or affected feeling or emotion |
Meaning | effusively or insincerely emotional. | |
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Example | "sentimental soap operas" | |
Synonyms | bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy | |
Broader | emotional | Of more than usual emotion |
Spanish | lloraduelos, llorica, remilgado, sensiblero, sentimentaloide | |
Catalan | llagrimós, sentimental | |
Nouns | sentiment | tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion |
sentimentality | falsely emotional in a maudlin way | |
Adverbs | sentimentally | in a sentimental manner |
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