sentimentaladj.

/sɛntɪˈmɛntəl/

Etymology: < sentiment n. + -al suffix¹. The French sentimental, according to Littré and Hatzfeld & Darmesteter, is an adoption of the English word as used by Sterne; so also German sentimental.

a. Of persons, their dispositions and actions: Characterized by sentiment. Originally in favourable sense: Characterized by or exhibiting refined and elevated feeling. In later use: Addicted to indulgence in superficial emotion; apt to be swayed by sentiment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [adjective]

softc1175

mild-hearteda1200

moll1386

tender-hearted1539

melch-hearted1552

tenderly1567

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frail1590

tender1595

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sensible1631

high-strung1653

emollid1656

tender-natured1656

sensitive1735

sentimental1749

soulful1837

weak-hearted1841

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective]

sugary1591

maudlina1631

mawkish1702

sickly1766

emetic1770

mawky1773

pamby1820

sentimental1823

saccharine1841

sticky1841

mushy1848

sentimentalizing1856

Christmas card1860

maumish1866

slobbery1875

namby-pamby1883

sloppy1883

slushy1889

sentimentalistic1904

marshmallowy1907

hearts and flowers1911

slobby1913

soppy1918

meltyc1921

lavender1928

saccharescent1930

schmaltzya1934

sloshy1933

gooey1935

icky1938

cheesy1943

drippy1952

soupy1953

squishy1953

saccharined1962

gloopy1965

yechy1969

yucky1970

sucky1971

yuck1971

schmoozy1976

1749 Lady Bradshaigh in S. Richardson Corr. (1804) IV. 282 What, in your opinion, is the meaning of the word sentimental, so much in vogue among the polite... Every thing clever and agreeable is comprehended in that word...I am frequently astonished to hear such a one is a sentimental man; we were a sentimental party; I have been taking a sentimental walk.

1752 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 27 July I am still sentimental enough to flatter myself, that a man who could beg sixteen guineas, will not give them.

1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. 68 Your 'squires are an agreeable race of people, refined, sentimental, formed for the Belle passion.

1823 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 28 517 Rousseau addressed himself to the sentimental classes, persons of ardent or morbid sensibility, who believe themselves to be composed of finer elements than the gross multitude.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. xv. 326 A soft sentimental whisper.

1827 W. Scott Highland Widow in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xii. 282 Never satisfied with dropping a sentimental tear, when there was room for the operation of effective charity.

1835 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Heath's Bk. Beauty 154 Dear Addison! drunk, deliberate, moral, sentimental; foaming over with truth and virtue.

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. xviii. 282 You have no sentimental nonsense, no silly infatuation..to fear from me.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iv. 28 I am not setting up to be sentimental about George Sampson.

b. absol. (with the). †Also (? nonce-use) as n., a sentimental person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] > sentimental person

sentimentalist1778

foster-feeling1784

sentimental1784

sentimentalizer1865

sob sister1912

sob brother1914

marshmallow1935

1784 Unfortunate Sensibility I. 39 Your dying sentimentals, who can..execute more mischief in a single hour, than [etc.].

1850 G. Cupples Green Hand iii. 25/1 Come, come, old boy..'twon't do for you to go to the sentimental, you know!

1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert v. 48 I could hardly say more without approaching dangerously near to the sentimental.

†c. Arising from sentiment or refined æsthetic emotion. Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > types of emotion > [adjective] > arising from refined emotion

sentimental1764

1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. I. vi. 37 They [i.e. the English in 7th cent.] were only incapable of sentimental pleasure.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 254 Music..is but..a distant and faint echo of those sentimental and rapturous tunings.

2. Pertaining to sentiment.

a. Arising from or determined by feeling rather than by reason.

ΚΠ

1752 (title) Reflections on Sentimental Differences in Points of Faith.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiv. 385 They might have a sentimental preference for the race to which they themselves belonged.

b. That is a matter of sentiment and not of material interests. Often in sentimental grievance.

ΚΠ

1891 Weekly Notes 200/1 The tenant for life..could over~ride the sentimental interests of the remaindermen.

3. Of literary compositions (occasionally of music or other art): Appealing to sentiment; expressive of the tender emotions, esp. those of love.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > [adjective]

affectivec1443

pathetical1603

affectual1604

pectorala1631

pathetic1649

affectuous1664

sentimental1765

pathological1796

pathematic1822

emotive1830

emotional1831

affectional1844

spiritual1848

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > expressive of tender emotions

sentimental1765

society > leisure > the arts > literature > [adjective] > specific types of literature > sentimental

sentimental1765

soft-centred1935

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > sentimental

softa1593

sentimental1765

1765 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. (ed. 3) I. ii. 127 (note) It is beyond the power of music to raise a passion or a sentiment: but it is in the power of music to raise emotions similar to what are raised by sentiments expressed in words pronounced with propriety and grace; and such music may justly be termed sentimental.

1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic i. i A genteel comedy..written in a stile which they have lately tried to run down, the true sentimental, and nothing ridiculous in it.

1805 W. Cooke Mem. S. Foote I. 182 Piety in Pattens..was intended to ridicule a species of writing known under the name of sentimental comedy, which was then very much gaining ground upon the stage.

1877 A. W. Ward in Encycl. Brit. VII. 419/1 The sentimental drama of France and other countries.

1877 A. W. Ward in Encycl. Brit. VII. 422/2 Yriarte and Jovellanos..produced a sentimental comedy in Diderot's manner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sentimental
释义	sentimentaladj. /sɛntɪˈmɛntəl/ Etymology: < sentiment n. + -al suffix¹. The French sentimental, according to Littré and Hatzfeld & Darmesteter, is an adoption of the English word as used by Sterne; so also German sentimental. 1. a. Of persons, their dispositions and actions: Characterized by sentiment. Originally in favourable sense: Characterized by or exhibiting refined and elevated feeling. In later use: Addicted to indulgence in superficial emotion; apt to be swayed by sentiment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [adjective] softc1175 mild-hearteda1200 moll1386 tender-hearted1539 melch-hearted1552 tenderly1567 feeling1583 frail1590 tender1595 tender-minded1608 sensible1631 high-strung1653 emollid1656 tender-natured1656 sensitive1735 sentimental1749 soulful1837 weak-hearted1841 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] sugary1591 maudlina1631 mawkish1702 sickly1766 emetic1770 mawky1773 pamby1820 sentimental1823 saccharine1841 sticky1841 mushy1848 sentimentalizing1856 Christmas card1860 maumish1866 slobbery1875 namby-pamby1883 sloppy1883 slushy1889 sentimentalistic1904 marshmallowy1907 hearts and flowers1911 slobby1913 soppy1918 meltyc1921 lavender1928 saccharescent1930 schmaltzya1934 sloshy1933 gooey1935 icky1938 cheesy1943 drippy1952 soupy1953 squishy1953 saccharined1962 gloopy1965 yechy1969 yucky1970 sucky1971 yuck1971 schmoozy1976 1749 Lady Bradshaigh in S. Richardson Corr. (1804) IV. 282 What, in your opinion, is the meaning of the word sentimental, so much in vogue among the polite... Every thing clever and agreeable is comprehended in that word...I am frequently astonished to hear such a one is a sentimental man; we were a sentimental party; I have been taking a sentimental walk. 1752 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 27 July I am still sentimental enough to flatter myself, that a man who could beg sixteen guineas, will not give them. 1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. 68 Your 'squires are an agreeable race of people, refined, sentimental, formed for the Belle passion. 1823 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 28 517 Rousseau addressed himself to the sentimental classes, persons of ardent or morbid sensibility, who believe themselves to be composed of finer elements than the gross multitude. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. xv. 326 A soft sentimental whisper. 1827 W. Scott Highland Widow in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xii. 282 Never satisfied with dropping a sentimental tear, when there was room for the operation of effective charity. 1835 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Heath's Bk. Beauty 154 Dear Addison! drunk, deliberate, moral, sentimental; foaming over with truth and virtue. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. xviii. 282 You have no sentimental nonsense, no silly infatuation..to fear from me. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iv. 28 I am not setting up to be sentimental about George Sampson. b. absol. (with the). †Also (? nonce-use) as n., a sentimental person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] > sentimental person sentimentalist1778 foster-feeling1784 sentimental1784 sentimentalizer1865 sob sister1912 sob brother1914 marshmallow1935 1784 Unfortunate Sensibility I. 39 Your dying sentimentals, who can..execute more mischief in a single hour, than [etc.]. 1850 G. Cupples Green Hand iii. 25/1 Come, come, old boy..'twon't do for you to go to the sentimental, you know! 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert v. 48 I could hardly say more without approaching dangerously near to the sentimental. †c. Arising from sentiment or refined æsthetic emotion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > types of emotion > [adjective] > arising from refined emotion sentimental1764 1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. I. vi. 37 They [i.e. the English in 7th cent.] were only incapable of sentimental pleasure. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 254 Music..is but..a distant and faint echo of those sentimental and rapturous tunings. 2. Pertaining to sentiment. a. Arising from or determined by feeling rather than by reason. ΚΠ 1752 (title) Reflections on Sentimental Differences in Points of Faith. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiv. 385 They might have a sentimental preference for the race to which they themselves belonged. b. That is a matter of sentiment and not of material interests. Often in sentimental grievance. ΚΠ 1891 Weekly Notes 200/1 The tenant for life..could over~ride the sentimental interests of the remaindermen. 3. Of literary compositions (occasionally of music or other art): Appealing to sentiment; expressive of the tender emotions, esp. those of love. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > [adjective] affectivec1443 pathetical1603 affectual1604 pectorala1631 pathetic1649 affectuous1664 sentimental1765 pathological1796 pathematic1822 emotive1830 emotional1831 affectional1844 spiritual1848 the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > expressive of tender emotions sentimental1765 society > leisure > the arts > literature > [adjective] > specific types of literature > sentimental sentimental1765 soft-centred1935 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > sentimental softa1593 sentimental1765 1765 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. (ed. 3) I. ii. 127 (note) It is beyond the power of music to raise a passion or a sentiment: but it is in the power of music to raise emotions similar to what are raised by sentiments expressed in words pronounced with propriety and grace; and such music may justly be termed sentimental. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic i. i A genteel comedy..written in a stile which they have lately tried to run down, the true sentimental, and nothing ridiculous in it. 1805 W. Cooke Mem. S. Foote I. 182 Piety in Pattens..was intended to ridicule a species of writing known under the name of sentimental comedy, which was then very much gaining ground upon the stage. 1877 A. W. Ward in Encycl. Brit. VII. 419/1 The sentimental drama of France and other countries. 1877 A. W. Ward in Encycl. Brit. VII. 422/2 Yriarte and Jovellanos..produced a sentimental comedy in Diderot's manner. 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