anti-sentimental
adjective
an·ti-sen·ti·men·tal 
ˌan-tē-ˌsen-tə-ˈmen-tᵊl,
ˌan-tī- variants or less commonly antisentimental
: opposed to sentimentalism : deliberately or emphatically not sentimental
Femmes Fatales was much more than anti-sentimental, it was meant to be hatefully reactionary, to make us look at the vitality of our prejudices.
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann
Word History
First Known Use
1808, in the meaning defined above
antisentimental
adjective
as in cynical
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cynical
- hardheaded
- unsentimental
- hard-edged
- hard-boiled
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nostalgic
- wistful
- dreamy
- moony
- melodramatic
- soapy
- moonstruck
- sudsy
- soap-operatic
- starry-eyed
- misty-eyed