sentimental

sen·ti·men·tal

 (sĕn′tə-mĕn′tl)

adj.

1. Having, showing, or caused by emotion, especially tender or affectionate feeling: I have sentimental ties to the small town I grew up in.

2. Having, showing, or caused by strong or extravagant tenderness or sadness, often in an idealized way: "He had no sentimental illusions about poverty's virtues" (Sherill Tippins).

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sen′ti·men′tal·ly adv.

Synonyms: sentimental, maudlin, mawkish, mushy
These adjectives mean extremely or extravagantly sad or tender: a sentimental greeting card; maudlin expressions of sympathy; mawkish sentiment; mushy effusiveness.

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sentimental

(ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl)

adj

1. tending to indulge the emotions excessively

2. making a direct appeal to the emotions, esp to romantic feelings

3. relating to or characterized by sentiment

ˌsentiˈmentally adv

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sen•ti•men•tal

(ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tl)

adj.

1. expressive of or appealing to the tender emotions.

2. nostalgic: a sentimental journey.

3. weakly emotional; mawkish.

[1740–50]

sen`ti•men′tal•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sentimental - given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality tender - given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
	2.	sentimental - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, slushy, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"

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sentimental

adjective romantic, touching, emotional, tender, pathetic, nostalgic, sloppy (informal), tearful, corny (slang), impressionable, mushy (informal), maudlin, simpering, weepy (informal), slushy (informal), mawkish, tear-jerking (informal), drippy (informal), schmaltzy (slang), icky (informal), gushy (informal), soft-hearted, overemotional, dewy-eyed, three-hankie (informal) It's a very sentimental play.
practical, realistic, down-to-earth, earthy, dispassionate, hard-headed, unsentimental, unfeeling, unemotional, unromantic, undemonstrative, commonsensical

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sentimental

adjective

Affectedly or extravagantly emotional:

bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy.

Informal: gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy.

Slang: drippy, sappy, tear-jerking.

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Translations

عاطِفي، وُجْدانيعاطِفي، وُجْداني، مُتَعَلِّق بالشُّعورعَاطِفِيّ

sentimentálnícitový

sentimentalfølelsesmæssig

sentimentalemotionalrührselig

αισθηματικόςσυναισθηματικός

sentimental

sentimentaalinen

sentimental

sentimentalan

szentimentális

tilfinningalegurtilfinningaríkur

sentimentale

感傷的な

감정적인

sentimenteel

sentimentalaffeksjons-

sentymentalny

sentimental

сентиментальный

čustven

sentimental

ซึ่งสะเทือนอารมณ์

duygusalhassasmanevî

ủy mị

多愁善感的情感的

sentimental

[ˌsentɪˈmentl] ADJ → sentimental (pej) → sentimental, sensiblero
to have sentimental value → tener un valor sentimental

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sentimental

[ˌsɛntɪˈmɛnt^əl] adj

(= expressing emotion) [person] → sentimental(e); [film, book] → sentimental(e)

(= relating to emotions) [value, reason] → sentimental(e)
Our paintings and photographs are of sentimental value only → Nos tableaux et photos n'ont qu'une valeur sentimentale.

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sentimental

adj → sentimental; person, mood also → gefühlvoll; novel, song, music also → gefühlsselig, kitschig (pej), → schmalzig (pej); value → gefühlsmäßig; for sentimental reasons → aus Sentimentalität; to make a sentimental visit to a place → einem Ort aus Sentimentalität einen Besuch abstatten; a certain sentimental attachment → eine gewisse gefühlsmäßige Bindung; sentimental nonsense → Gefühlsduselei f

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sentimental

[ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntl] adj (emotional) → sentimentale (pej) (film, love story) → troppo sentimentale
I have a sentimental attachment to this pen → sono attaccato a questa penna per motivi sentimentali

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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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sentimental

→ عَاطِفِيّ sentimentální sentimental sentimental συναισθηματικός sentimental sentimentaalinen sentimental sentimentalan sentimentale 感傷的な 감정적인 sentimenteel sentimental sentymentalny sentimental сентиментальный sentimental ซึ่งสะเทือนอารมณ์ duygusal ủy mị 多愁善感的

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