单词 | sentimental |
释义 | sentimentalsen‧ti‧ment‧al /ˌsentəˈmentl◂/ ●○○ adjective ![]() ![]() EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUScausing strong feelings► emotional Collocations causing people to have strong feelings – used especially about experiences, speeches, or subjects that people have strong feelings about: · Returning home after a year in hospital was an emotional experience for Katy.· He gave an emotional speech at the funeral.· It was a very emotional moment.· Abortion rights is a highly emotional issue. ► emotive used about issues or language that make people have strong feelings: · Fox hunting is a very emotive issue in Britain.· ‘Indoctrination’ is rather an emotive word. ► moving making you feel strong feelings of sadness or sympathy: · Kelly’s book about her illness is deeply moving.· a moving film ► touching making you feel slightly emotional – used especially when someone does something that shows how much they care about another person: · Your loyalty is very touching.· My son phoned me to wish me good luck, which was a touching gesture. ► poignant making you feel strong feelings of sadness or pity, especially when you remember something in the past: · Her youthful expression is a poignant reminder of the passing of time. ► sentimental (also schmaltzy) informal dealing with emotions such as love and sadness in a way that seems silly: · He found the film too sentimental.· a schmaltzy comedy Longman Language Activatora story, film, song etc that is full of feelings of love or sadness► sentimental dealing with emotions such as love and sadness in a way that seems silly and insincere: · I quite enjoyed the movie but I thought the ending was a little sentimental.· From the living room came the sound of a deep male voice singing a sentimental ballad. ► soppy informal a song, poem etc that is soppy seems silly to people because it expresses feelings of love and sympathy too strongly but in a way that does not seem serious: · She never tired of listening to soppy love songs.· I couldn't think of anything else so I just bought her a soppy card and some flowers. ► tearjerker informal a story, play, film etc that is intended to make people feel sad and cry: · His latest movie is a typical Hollywood tearjerker. too easily influenced by emotions► sentimental someone who is sentimental is too easily affected by emotions such as sympathy, love, or sadness: · My father became increasingly sentimental as he got older and his friends died off.sentimental about: · Ramos admitted he was sentimental about his old school and was sad to see it torn down. ► sentimentality a tendency to become emotional and to enjoy feelings such as sadness, sympathy, and self-pity, especially in a way that other people think is silly: · The film is flawed by moments of melodrama and sentimentality.· He talked about his homeland with all the sentimentality of an expatriate.sentimentality about: · He has no sentimentality about firing unproductive employees, even those who have worked for the company for years. ► soppy informal someone who is soppy seems silly to other people, because they express feelings of love or sympathy too strongly: · After a few drinks, he got all soppy and started talking about the "good old days'.soppy about: · I was heartbroken when our dog died but I was determined not to be soppy about it. ► gooey British informal expressing your love for someone, especially a baby, in a way that other people think is silly: · Babies make her go all gooey. ► drama queen informal someone who becomes very excited, upset, or angry about things that are not important, especially in order to make people notice them or feel sympathy for them: · Stop being such a drama queen! It's not the end of the world! WORD SETS► ARTSaesthete, nounagitprop, nounart gallery, nounartist, nounartwork, nounavant-garde, adjectivebaroque, adjectivecapture, verbceramics, nouncharacter, nounclassical, adjectiveclassicism, nouncompere, nouncontemporary, adjectiveconvention, nouncreative, adjectivecritical, adjectivecrossover, nouncubism, nouncultural, adjectiveculturally, adverbculture, nouncurator, nouncycle, noundrama, nouneisteddfod, nounepic, nouneponymous, adjectiveerotic, adjectiveerotica, nouneroticism, nounexhibit, verbexhibit, nounexhibition, nounexpress, verbexpression, nounexpressionism, nounextract, nounfictionalize, verbfigurine, nounfin de siècle, adjectiveflashback, nounformalism, nounfuturism, nounglaze, verbglaze, nounGothic, adjectivehandcrafted, adjectivehandicraft, nounhandmade, adjectivehigh priest, nounhistorical, adjectiveinterpretation, nounItalianate, adjectivelowbrow, adjectivemagnum opus, nounmarquetry, nounmasterpiece, nounmasterwork, nounmature, adjectivemedium, nounMFA, nounmiddlebrow, adjectiveminimalism, nounmotif, nounmuse, nounnarrator, nounnaturalism, nounneoclassical, adjectivenotice, nounoeuvre, nounoffering, nounopening, adjectiveopus, nounpan, verbparody, nounpastiche, nounpattern, nounpiece, nounpop art, nounportfolio, nounpostmodernism, nounprequel, nounpreview, nounproduce, verbproduction, nounrealism, nounrealistic, adjectiverehash, verbreview, nounreview, verbromantic, nounromanticism, nounroyalty, nounrubbish, nounsalon, nounscenario, nounscene, nounsensuous, adjectivesentimental, adjectivesequel, nounsequence, nounset piece, nounsetting, nounShakespearean, adjectiveshowing, nounskit, nounstory, nounstudio, nounstylistic, adjectivesurrealism, nounswansong, nounsynopsis, nountitle, nountrilogy, nountwo-dimensional, adjectiveuncut, adjectiveunexpurgated, adjectivevillain, nounwork, nounwork of art, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► for sentimental reasons Phrases![]() ![]() ![]() (=about emotions such as love and sadness)· The film is one of those tearful sentimental comedies. ► for sentimental reasons (=because you like someone or something very much)· I wanted to keep the picture for sentimental reasons. ► sentimental value (=important because it was a gift, reminds you of someone etc)· The ring wasn’t expensive but had great sentimental value. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more· Or as I see it, more sentimental.· I suppose we get more sentimental as we grow older. NOUN► comedy· As Big showed, Penny Marshall's strength is sentimental comedy.· These moral essays advanced other theories in harmony with sentimental comedy.· The same posturing and gesturing, typical of sentimental comedy, is found in La conjuracion de Venecia.· If Nivelle de la Chaussee was the great playwright of sentimental comedy, then Denise Diderot was the great theorist.· In its subordination of character to plot, sentimental comedy moves in the direction of Romantic drama.· Several of these sentimental comedies were imitations of El delincuente honrado.· Perhaps the most innovative aspect of the sentimental comedy is that it represented a new form of tragi-comedy.· Their use many centuries later in sentimental comedy or bourgeois tragedy was purely artificial. ► journey· Yet the memoirs of these survivors, their dirge, is rarely inscribed in the chroniclers' sentimental journeys.· They would return home from these sentimental journeys reconfirmed in their Americanism.· The sentimental journey began at Euston. ► reason· Richard did not accumulate objects for sentimental reasons.· Walt Disney could have had sentimental reason to consider northeastern Lake.· Apart from any sentimental reasons, the short-notice drove many to despair.· I went back later and took out all the pictures for sentimental reasons.· I let him keep young ones for sentimental reasons since I don't need them for practical purposes.· I saw ffeatherstonehaugh's as a young man's club, and kept up my subscription purely for sentimental reasons.· Yet the shares have been hammered for little more than sentimental reasons.· For largely sentimental reasons I have usually voted Liberal. ► value· The sentimental value of her lockets, chains, rings, heirlooms was not appreciated by the insurance company.· She also lost several pieces of jewellery which were of sentimental value.· It is of considerable sentimental value and Mr Moorcock wonders if he lost it that night and if you had found it.· Small items of both financial and sentimental value should never be left in the house unless a good safe has been installed. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► wax sentimental/eloquent/lyrical etc 1someone who is sentimental is easily affected by emotions such as love, sympathy, sadness etc, often in a way that seems silly to other people:
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