Synonyms for Sentimental
ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tlsen·ti·men·tal

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1. sentimental

   Synonyms:
   didactic, moral, instructive, romantic

   Antonyms:
   undidactic, unsentimental, matter-of-fact, unpoetical, prosaic

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1. sentimentaladjective

   given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

   Synonyms:
   slushy, hokey, schmaltzy, drippy, soppy, mushy, soupy, bathetic, schmalzy, maudlin, kitschy, mawkish

   Antonyms:
   unemotional, tough

2. bathetic, 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"

   Synonyms:
   drippy, schmaltzy, sodden, sentimental, soppy, maudlin, hokey, mushy, stilted, soupy, artificial, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, contrived, drizzly, bathetic, schmalzy

   Antonyms:
   tough, unemotional

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1. sentimentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   tender, impressible, romantic

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1. sentimentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   romantic, impressible, emotional, lackadaisical

   Antonyms:
   unsentimental, matter-of-fact, pragmatical

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1. List of paraphrases for "sentimental":

   romantic, emotional, sloppy, corny

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How to use Sentimental in a sentence?

1. Juan Pablo:

   We lost money, but more than anything, what bothers us is that this project had sentimental value and they took away the possibility for us to learn from it.

2. Ry Cooder:

   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.

3. Jooney Woodward:

   It's just the way (Wendy) had gone through the effort of decorating the pen (with Union Jacks) where the cows were being kept, there's also a sign behind (her) ... and there's a picture of a gentleman with a cow, who is actually her husband who had died a few years ago. ... I just thought that was nice, something quite sentimental about that.

4. Brigid Antonia Brophy:

   Whenever people say 'we mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, 'we must be realistic,' they mean they are going to make money out of it.

5. And Autumn:

   I'm very sentimental like her.