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单词 sentimental
释义

sentimental

[ sen-tuh-men-tl ]
/ ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tl /
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adjective

expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
pertaining to or dependent on sentiment: We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons.
weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender: the sentimental Victorians.
characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling.

Origin of sentimental

First recorded in 1740–50; sentiment + -al1

SYNONYMS FOR sentimental

1 romantic, tender, nostalgic; maudlin, bathetic.
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ANTONYMS FOR sentimental

1, 4 dispassionate.
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OTHER WORDS FROM sentimental

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Example sentences from the Web for sentimental

  • Perhaps she had caught and unconsciously copied some of Wellgood's anti-sentimental attitude.

    Second String|Anthony Hope
  • Yet he is modern, in the sense that he is intellectual and anti-sentimental, as compared with Albeniz.

    The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sentimental

sentimental
/ (ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl) /

adjective

tending to indulge the emotions excessively
making a direct appeal to the emotions, esp to romantic feelings
relating to or characterized by sentiment

Derived forms of sentimental

sentimentally, adverb
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