Synonyms for sentimental
ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tl

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1. sentimental(adj)

   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, slushy(adj)

   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, soppy, maudlin, hokey, mushy, stilted, soupy, artificial, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, contrived, drizzly, bathetic, schmalzy

   Antonyms:
   tough, unemotional

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. sentimental

   Synonyms:
   didactic, moral, instructive, romantic

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

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1. sentimental(a.)

   Synonyms:
   tender, impressible, romantic

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1. sentimental(a)

   Synonyms:
   romantic, impressible, emotional, lackadaisical

   Antonyms:
   unsentimental, matter-of-fact, pragmatical

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1. List of paraphrases:

   romantic, emotional, sloppy, corny

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How to use sentimental in a sentence?

1. Nathaniel Moore:

   It's the gown that has been sitting in their closet collecting dust but is too sentimental to do anything with, now this is an honorable donation. So they can feel good about where it's going.

2. Emeasoba George:

   True Love is sacrificial and not sentimental. -Emeasoba George

3. David Prinstein:

   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.

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. Helen Merrell Lynd:

   Our whole life is an attempt to discover when our spontaneity is whimsical, sentimental irresponsiblity and when it is a valid expression of our deepest desires and values.

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