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Antonyms for sentimental
ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tlsen·ti·men·tal
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term sentimental.
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sentimental
Antonyms:
undidactic, unsentimental, matter-of-fact, unpoetical, prosaicSynonyms:
didactic, moral, instructive, romantic
Princeton's WordNet
sentimentaladjective
given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
Antonyms:
unemotional, toughSynonyms:
slushy, hokey, schmaltzy, drippy, soppy, mushy, soupy, bathetic, schmalzy, maudlin, kitschy, mawkishbathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushyadjective
effusively or insincerely emotional
"a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
Antonyms:
tough, unemotionalSynonyms:
drippy, schmaltzy, sodden, soppy, maudlin, hokey, mushy, stilted, soupy, artificial, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, contrived, drizzly, bathetic, schmalzy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sentimentaladjective
Antonyms:
unsentimental, matter-of-fact, pragmaticalSynonyms:
romantic, impressible, emotional, lackadaisical
How to use sentimental in a sentence?
He was on a tight rope in terms of not being over-sentimental or morbid, he was really happy with how it came together and how the show looked and how it has reinvented itself.
The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled thing.
The people buried here escaped fascism during the war. Theyre the founders of the community who bought these lands to make it a cemetery, it has historical and sentimental value.
Don't tell me to take my [ explicit ] top off in the middle of my sentimental speech.
Regardless, heterosexual marriage is largely in trouble today because people see it as a selfish means of pleasing self, rather than a committed relationship in which the focus is on meeting the needs of the partner, that sense of selfishness and the redefinition of love as to something that is purely sentimental and emotional, has been destructive.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4924 | tough | |
#24701 | sentimental | |
#81963 | prosaic | |
#143480 | unemotional | |
#154926 | unsentimental |
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