sentiment

sen·ti·ment

 (sĕn′tə-mənt)

n.

1. A thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason: An anti-American sentiment swept through the country. See Synonyms at view.

2.

a. Emotion; feeling: Different forms of music convey different kinds of sentiment.

b. Tender or romantic feeling: felt strong sentiment for each other.

c. Maudlin emotion; sentimentality: "He called her 'beloved madame,' and many other endearments, delivered with gallant mushiness, irony damascened with sentiment" (Robert D. Richardson).

3. The thought or emotion that underlies a remark or gesture: The child's gift was ridiculous, but the sentiment behind it moved the mother to tears.

4. The expression of delicate and sensitive feeling, especially in art and literature.

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[Middle English sentement, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sentīmentum, from Latin sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]

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sentiment

(ˈsɛntɪmənt)

n

1. susceptibility to tender, delicate, or romantic emotion: she has too much sentiment to be successful.

2. (often plural) a thought, opinion, or attitude

3. exaggerated, overindulged, or mawkish feeling or emotion

4. an expression of response to deep feeling, esp in art or literature

5. a feeling, emotion, or awareness: a sentiment of pity.

6. a mental attitude modified or determined by feeling: there is a strong revolutionary sentiment in his country.

7. a feeling conveyed, or intended to be conveyed, in words

[C17: from Medieval Latin sentīmentum, from Latin sentīre to feel]

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sen•ti•ment

(ˈsɛn tə mənt)

n.

1. an attitude or feeling toward something; opinion.

2. refined or tender emotion, esp. as expressed in an artistic work.

3. a thought influenced by emotion.

4. the emotional content of something as distinguished from its verbal expression.

[1325–75; Middle English sentement < Old French < Medieval Latin sentīmentum]

syn: See feeling.

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Sentiment

 

1. Like most sentimentalists, his heart’s as chilly as the Pole —Frank Swinnerton
2. Nostalgia … like a lover’s pain in the chest —John Hersey
3. Nostalgic … like a letter from home —Mahalia Jackson

   Jackson’s frame of reference, gospel music, is particularly appropriate.

4. Sentimental as flowers pressed between the pages of a diary —Anon
5. (I’ve been) talking sentiment like a turtledove —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sentiment - tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" sentimentality - extravagant or affected feeling or emotion razbliuto - the sentimental feeling you have about someone you once loved but no longer do
	2.	sentiment - a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" opinion, persuasion, thought, view idea - a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him" judgment, judgement, mind - an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" belief - any cognitive content held as true eyes - opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes" parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception, prepossession - an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions" pole - one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart" political sympathies, politics - the opinion you hold with respect to political questions

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sentiment

noun

1. feeling, thought, idea, view, opinion, attitude, belief, judgment, persuasion, way of thinking The Foreign Secretary echoed this sentiment.

2. sentimentality, emotion, tenderness, romanticism, sensibility, slush (informal), emotionalism, tender feeling, mawkishness, soft-heartedness, overemotionalism Laura kept that letter out of sentiment.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

sentiment

noun

1. A general cast of mind with regard to something:

attitude, feeling.

2. Something believed or accepted as true by a person:

belief, conviction, feeling, idea, mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, view.

3. A complex and usually strong subjective response, such as love or hate:

affection, affectivity, emotion, feeling.

4. The capacity for or an act of responding to a stimulus:

feeling, sensation, sense, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity.

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Translations

شُعور رَقيق، عاطِفَه

cit

følelse

Sentimentalität

αίσθημα

sentimiento

sentimentavisopinion

tilfinning

sentimentoemozione

keliantis švelnius jausmussentimentaliaisentimentalumassentimentalus

jūtas

duyguhis

感情柔情

sentiment

[ˈsentɪmənt] N

1. (= feeling) → sentimiento m

2. (= opinion, thought) → opinión f, juicio m
those are my sentiments too → ése es mi criterio también, así lo pienso yo también

3. (= sentimentality) → sentimentalismo m, sensiblería f
to wallow in sentiment → nadar en el sentimentalismo or la sensiblería

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sentiment

[ˈsɛntɪmənt] n

(= emotion) → sentiment m

(= opinion) → sentiment m
These sentiments were echoed by other speakers → D'autres intervenants se sont fait l'écho de ces sentiments.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sentiment

n

(= feeling, emotion) → Gefühl nt

(= sentimentality) → Sentimentalität f, → Rührseligkeit f

(= opinion) → Ansicht f, → Meinung f; what are your sentiments on this? → was ist Ihre Meinung or Ansicht dazu?, wie denken Sie darüber?; my sentiments exactly! → genau meine Ansicht or Meinung!

(= thought behind words or deeds) → Gedanke m

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sentiment

[ˈsɛntɪmənt] n

a. (feeling) → sentimento; (opinion) → opinione f

b. (sentimentality) → sentimentalismo

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sentiment

(ˈsentimənt) noun

tender feeling or emotion. a song full of patriotic sentiment. gevoel, emosie شُعور رَقيق، عاطِفَه чувство sentimento cit die Sentimentalität følelse αίσθημαsentimiento tunne مهر mieliala sentiment רְגָשוֹת भावना osjećaj, čuvstvo érzelem perasaan tilfinning sentimento 感情 감정 jausmas jūtas sentimen gevoelfølelseuczucie احساس: عاطفه، جذبات، احساسات: عقيده، مزړه خبره: زړه سواندى، خواخوږي: خيال، تصور sentimento sen­timent чувство cit čustvo osećaj känsla, känslosamhet รู้สึกอ่อนไหว; อารมณ์ duygu, his 柔情，感傷 ніжне почуття, сентиментальність جذبہ tình cảm 感情，柔情

ˌsentiˈmental (-ˈmen-) adjective

1. (sometimes with about) having, showing or causing much tender feeling. a sentimental person; a sentimental film about a little boy and a donkey. sentimenteel عاطِفي، وُجْداني разнежен sentimental sentimentální sentimental sentimental συναισθηματικόςsentimental tundeline عاطفه tunteellinen sentimental רַגשָנִי भावुक sentimentalan, silno osjećajan szentimentális penuh perasaan tilfinningaríkur/-samur sentimentale 感傷的な 감상적인 jausmingas, sentimentalus sentimentāls sentimental sentimenteelsentimentaluczuciowy, sentymentalny نرى زړى، نرم زړى احساساتي: زړه سواندى: احساسات پاروونكى، دعاطفې، پاريدلى sentimental sen­timental чувствительный;сентиментальный sentimentálny čustven osećajan sentimental เต็มไปด้วยความรู้สึกอ่อนไหวมากจนเกินไป duygusal, hassas 多愁善感的 сентиментальний جذباتی، حساس ủy mị, đa cảm 多愁善感的

2. of the emotions or feelings. The ring has sentimental value, as my husband gave it to me. sentimenteel عاطِفي، وُجْداني، مُتَعَلِّق بالشُّعور сантиментален sentimental citový Liebhaber- følelsesmæssig συναισθηματικόςsentimental tunde- احساسی tunne- sentimentalרגשי भावनात्मक sentimentalan érzelmes perasaan tilfinningalegur sentimentale 感情的な 감정적인 keliantis švelnius jausmus sentimentāls nilai sentimental sentimenteelaffeksjons-emocjonalny احساسی sentimental sentimental основанный на чувстве citový čustven sentimentalan känslo-, affektions- เกี่ยวกับอารมณ์หรือความรู้สึกของเรา duygusal, manevî 情感上的 дорогий جذبات سے متعلق nhiều tình cảm 情感的

ˌsentiˈmentally adverb

sentimenteel عاطِفِيّا сантиментално sentimentalmente citově sentimental sentimentalt; følelsesmæssigt συναισθηματικά sentimentalmente sentimentaalselt از لحاظ عاطفي tunteellisesti sentimentalement בְּרַגשָׁנוּת भावुकता से, भावजन्यता से sentimentalno érzelmesen secara sentimental tilfinningalega sentimentalmente 感傷的に 감상, 감정적으로 sentimentaliai sentimentāli dengan cara yang sentimental sentimenteelsentimentalt uczuciowo په زړه سواندۍ دجذباتو له مخې sentimentalmente sentimental сентиментально citovo čustveno sentimentalno sentimentalt อย่างมีจิตใจละเอียดอ่อน duygusal olarak 多愁善感地，富情感地 сентиментально جذبات سے متاثر ہو کر ủy mị, nhiều tình cảm 富情感地

ˌsentimenˈtality (-ˈtӕ-) noun

sentiment عاطِفِيَّه сантименталност sentimentalismo rozcitlivělost die Sentimentalität sentimentalitet συναισθηματισμόςsentimentalismo sentimentaalsus احساساتي بودن tunteellisuus sentimentalité רַגשָׁנוּת भावुकता, भावप्रवणता sentimentalnost, osjećajnost érzelgősség sentimentalitas tilfinningasemi sentimentalità 感傷 감정적인, 감상적인 생각 sentimentalumas sentimentalitāte sikap sentimental sentimentaliteitføleri, sentimentalitet uczuciowość ذباتي توب،احساساتي توب، دخواخوږۍ ښوونه sentimentalidade sentimen­tali­tate чувствительность; сентиментальность precitlivenosť, sentimentalita čustvenost sentimentalnost sentimentalitet การแสดงออกโดยให้ความสำคัญต่ออารมณ์ความรู้สึกมากกว่าต่อเหตุผล duygusallık 多愁善感 сентиментальність جذبات پر اصرار tính đa cảm 多愁善感，感伤

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sen·ti·ment

n. sentimiento.

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