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Definition of sentiment in English: sentimentnoun ˈsɛntɪm(ə)ntˈsɛn(t)əmənt 1A view or opinion that is held or expressed. I agree with your sentiments regarding the road bridge Example sentencesExamples - Our idea echoes your sentiments in the editorial: Learn more, to prepare for the future.
- With due regards to the sentiment of a former Minister, his proposal and expectation from the Board are quite controversial and need a sensible and deep review of the issues raised by him.
- These sentiments were echoed by various right-wing publications and columnists.
- The weekend protests show that the antiwar sentiments are equally shared by people of all nationalities, races and religions.
- What Thoreau did not overlook was his neighbors' reluctance to put their antislavery sentiments into action.
- Youth elsewhere in the country also echo these sentiments.
- A half-block down the street, two Rhode Island teenagers echoed the sentiments.
- Even such conservative antislavery sentiments all but vanished in East Tennessee after 1834.
- These are precisely the sentiments now being echoed throughout Democratic circles.
- City officials around the world echo the sentiment, according to Public Works Magazine.
- Similar sentiments were echoed by other workers also.
- But many are beginning to regard such sentiments as little more than well-meaning rhetoric.
- These sentiments were echoed from the floor and members spoke at length about his lifetime commitment to the party.
- While I agree with the sentiments about having a winning mentality, it seems, however, that it is the same sports that will benefit at the expense of others.
- This sense of racial exclusion also began to take a toll on the patriotic sentiments of those who had been interned.
- Are sentiments in favor of this regime, in favor of this president, easy to understand?
- Her sentiments were echoed by several other members of the public around Hampton Green, a busy but open grassland area.
- Belligerent patriotic sentiments are on display all over the world.
- I agree with the sentiment regarding having a single armed female deputy on escort duty with a well-muscled male prisoner.
- In every country, versions of the past provide the raw material for nationalist and patriotic sentiments.
Synonyms view, point of view, way of thinking, feeling, attitude, thought, opinion, belief, idea - 1.1mass noun General feeling or opinion.
public sentiment was on the side of reform Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately I think the American military establishment seems largely impervious to overwhelming American sentiment against the war.
- What better metaphor is there for the general public sentiment in the United States in the 1970s?
- She then tracks the development of antislavery sentiment and the movement toward gradual emancipation between 1785 and 1827.
- Poor sentiment towards the technology sector was also blamed for the lacklustre performance.
- Slowly Yugoslavia fell apart as secessionist sentiment grew.
- The potent rise of anti-US nationalist sentiment in both South and North Korea is apparently invisible in Washington.
- Both men lost their cases and seem to have made hardly a dent in the opinions of either their respective presiding judges or public sentiment in general.
- Reflecting the broad sentiment against war, students participated from across the city.
- Even though investor sentiment seems to be downright dismal, it may still not be dismal enough.
- They believed that Allied weakness in south east Asia and American isolationist sentiment would mean another short war.
- Despite popular antiwar sentiment, the government has increased the number of British troops stationed in Iraq.
- Patriotic sentiment is running high in my neighbourhood today.
- I think that the general sentiment at the moment is focused on what transpires this week in the Organization of American States, in Washington and then in Canada.
- Certainly there are few communities where anti-American sentiment is as widespread as in Fallujah.
- He stressed the debate is not aimed at stirring up anti-Japanese sentiment.
- But the critics were in the minority as mainstream thinking, as well as public sentiment, generally favoured growth.
- The report, which would often be cited by journalists and activists, fanned anti-American sentiment around the world.
- Market sentiment seems to be relatively optimistic about the outlook for the US economy.
- Opposition soon mounted, however, as terrible social and economic conditions fueled nationalist sentiment.
- Notwithstanding the somewhat improved results on Wall Street on Thursday, the general sentiment among investors remained grim.
- 1.2 A feeling or emotion.
an intense sentiment of horror Example sentencesExamples - Trust based on emotional sentiments is the most dangerous thing because one becomes blind to the intent of others.
- Freedom was an emotion, a sentiment, a madness - something which your generation will find hard to understand.
- Fear was again a sentiment that accompanied Jose and his friends.
- By ignoring or removing either sentiment (hate or love) is how so much design work becomes mediocre.
- It's the result of a wider sentiment of fear in the community, brought about by our failure to satisfactorily tackle the misunderstandings and myths we have about each other.
- The oil on canvas of The Knitting Lesson evokes similar sentiments of simple joys, maternal protection, guidance and love.
- Smith referred to these emotions as the moral sentiments.
- Those of us who have tried one or more fads diets may appreciate the murderous sentiments.
- We all share the same sentiments of anger, disgust, and frustration.
- He warned that they were seeking to ‘embody a sentiment of rage and frustration’.
- Our sentiments of love, hate, fear, anxiety, are each one of them the fertile source of whole series of illustrative dreams.
- 1.3archaic The expression of a view or desire especially as formulated for a toast.
2mass noun Exaggerated and self-indulgent feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia. many of the appeals rely on treacly sentiment Example sentencesExamples - There were tons of nostalgia, family sentiment, bonding, celebration, entertainment and even a message.
- The visit to Ireland in mid-1963 was largely an occasion for sentiment, nostalgia and photo opportunities.
- This is not to reduce Christmas to mood or sentiment.
- His annoyance is bitter anger bordering on rage; his sentiment is mawkish.
- The threat of violence nearly overwhelms any sentiment or tenderness.
- If the Old Firm make the break - if history and sentiment no longer inhibit them - he could be looking for a new line of work.
- I've just given my new stylus a go and listened to this, for the first time in a while - call it nostalgia or sentiment, but it's hard to pick out one bad cut on this.
- It would seem impossible to do this without drowning in sentiment, or exaggerating a delight in Beverly Hills excess.
- They really react to the sentiment and the emotion.
- It would have been all too easy for her to have played this book for sentiment and shocked social justice; her tone is blunt and unlaboured.
- If they grow jaded, grow bored, or simply prefer sentiment and nostalgia to active participation, the last avenue of escape is closed.
- It may be very American and dripping with sentiment but thanks to Quaid and a quality cast, The Rookie has a grace and sincerity that makes you willing to indulge its flaws.
- This nostalgic sentiment is obvious in both the band's choice of covers and the composition of the band's own tunes.
- Their back-up teams might be more prone to nostalgia and sentiment, especially those who have honed their tallying skills over many the long count.
- But it is not just nostalgic sentiment which is evoked by railway history in the area.
- And the trend in some parts of the world is towards huge, high-tech, intensive feedlot dairy farming with no place for sentiment and nostalgia.
- ‘It wasn't sentiment or family loyalty that made him join, I don't think,’ she reflects.
- The Irish visit was largely an occasion for nostalgia, sentiment and photo opportunities.
Synonyms sentimentality, mawkishness, over-sentimentality, emotionalism, overemotionalism, sentimentalism emotion, sensibility, finer feelings, tender feelings, tenderness, softness, soft-heartedness, tender-heartedness British tweeness informal schmaltz, mush, slush, sob stuff, slushiness, sloppiness, slop, goo, corn, corniness, hokum, cheese British informal soppiness North American informal sappiness, hokeyness
Origin Late Middle English (in the senses 'personal experience' and 'physical feeling, sensation'): from Old French sentement, from medieval Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentire 'feel'. Definition of sentiment in US English: sentimentnounˈsen(t)əməntˈsɛn(t)əmənt 1A view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion. I agree with your sentiments regarding the road bridge Example sentencesExamples - I agree with the sentiment regarding having a single armed female deputy on escort duty with a well-muscled male prisoner.
- Similar sentiments were echoed by other workers also.
- Belligerent patriotic sentiments are on display all over the world.
- This sense of racial exclusion also began to take a toll on the patriotic sentiments of those who had been interned.
- Youth elsewhere in the country also echo these sentiments.
- These are precisely the sentiments now being echoed throughout Democratic circles.
- Our idea echoes your sentiments in the editorial: Learn more, to prepare for the future.
- But many are beginning to regard such sentiments as little more than well-meaning rhetoric.
- In every country, versions of the past provide the raw material for nationalist and patriotic sentiments.
- City officials around the world echo the sentiment, according to Public Works Magazine.
- Her sentiments were echoed by several other members of the public around Hampton Green, a busy but open grassland area.
- A half-block down the street, two Rhode Island teenagers echoed the sentiments.
- Are sentiments in favor of this regime, in favor of this president, easy to understand?
- With due regards to the sentiment of a former Minister, his proposal and expectation from the Board are quite controversial and need a sensible and deep review of the issues raised by him.
- These sentiments were echoed by various right-wing publications and columnists.
- What Thoreau did not overlook was his neighbors' reluctance to put their antislavery sentiments into action.
- The weekend protests show that the antiwar sentiments are equally shared by people of all nationalities, races and religions.
- These sentiments were echoed from the floor and members spoke at length about his lifetime commitment to the party.
- While I agree with the sentiments about having a winning mentality, it seems, however, that it is the same sports that will benefit at the expense of others.
- Even such conservative antislavery sentiments all but vanished in East Tennessee after 1834.
Synonyms view, point of view, way of thinking, feeling, attitude, thought, opinion, belief, idea - 1.1 General feeling or opinion.
public sentiment was on the side of reform Example sentencesExamples - But the critics were in the minority as mainstream thinking, as well as public sentiment, generally favoured growth.
- Certainly there are few communities where anti-American sentiment is as widespread as in Fallujah.
- Market sentiment seems to be relatively optimistic about the outlook for the US economy.
- Slowly Yugoslavia fell apart as secessionist sentiment grew.
- Patriotic sentiment is running high in my neighbourhood today.
- The potent rise of anti-US nationalist sentiment in both South and North Korea is apparently invisible in Washington.
- Opposition soon mounted, however, as terrible social and economic conditions fueled nationalist sentiment.
- Even though investor sentiment seems to be downright dismal, it may still not be dismal enough.
- They believed that Allied weakness in south east Asia and American isolationist sentiment would mean another short war.
- What better metaphor is there for the general public sentiment in the United States in the 1970s?
- He stressed the debate is not aimed at stirring up anti-Japanese sentiment.
- Both men lost their cases and seem to have made hardly a dent in the opinions of either their respective presiding judges or public sentiment in general.
- She then tracks the development of antislavery sentiment and the movement toward gradual emancipation between 1785 and 1827.
- I think that the general sentiment at the moment is focused on what transpires this week in the Organization of American States, in Washington and then in Canada.
- Unfortunately I think the American military establishment seems largely impervious to overwhelming American sentiment against the war.
- Poor sentiment towards the technology sector was also blamed for the lacklustre performance.
- Despite popular antiwar sentiment, the government has increased the number of British troops stationed in Iraq.
- Reflecting the broad sentiment against war, students participated from across the city.
- The report, which would often be cited by journalists and activists, fanned anti-American sentiment around the world.
- Notwithstanding the somewhat improved results on Wall Street on Thursday, the general sentiment among investors remained grim.
- 1.2 A feeling or emotion.
an intense sentiment of horror Example sentencesExamples - Fear was again a sentiment that accompanied Jose and his friends.
- Freedom was an emotion, a sentiment, a madness - something which your generation will find hard to understand.
- The oil on canvas of The Knitting Lesson evokes similar sentiments of simple joys, maternal protection, guidance and love.
- Those of us who have tried one or more fads diets may appreciate the murderous sentiments.
- Trust based on emotional sentiments is the most dangerous thing because one becomes blind to the intent of others.
- It's the result of a wider sentiment of fear in the community, brought about by our failure to satisfactorily tackle the misunderstandings and myths we have about each other.
- He warned that they were seeking to ‘embody a sentiment of rage and frustration’.
- We all share the same sentiments of anger, disgust, and frustration.
- Our sentiments of love, hate, fear, anxiety, are each one of them the fertile source of whole series of illustrative dreams.
- By ignoring or removing either sentiment (hate or love) is how so much design work becomes mediocre.
- Smith referred to these emotions as the moral sentiments.
- 1.3archaic The expression of a view or desire especially as formulated for a toast.
2Exaggerated and self-indulgent feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia. many of the appeals rely on treacly sentiment Example sentencesExamples - I've just given my new stylus a go and listened to this, for the first time in a while - call it nostalgia or sentiment, but it's hard to pick out one bad cut on this.
- It would have been all too easy for her to have played this book for sentiment and shocked social justice; her tone is blunt and unlaboured.
- But it is not just nostalgic sentiment which is evoked by railway history in the area.
- ‘It wasn't sentiment or family loyalty that made him join, I don't think,’ she reflects.
- This is not to reduce Christmas to mood or sentiment.
- His annoyance is bitter anger bordering on rage; his sentiment is mawkish.
- If they grow jaded, grow bored, or simply prefer sentiment and nostalgia to active participation, the last avenue of escape is closed.
- There were tons of nostalgia, family sentiment, bonding, celebration, entertainment and even a message.
- Their back-up teams might be more prone to nostalgia and sentiment, especially those who have honed their tallying skills over many the long count.
- And the trend in some parts of the world is towards huge, high-tech, intensive feedlot dairy farming with no place for sentiment and nostalgia.
- If the Old Firm make the break - if history and sentiment no longer inhibit them - he could be looking for a new line of work.
- The threat of violence nearly overwhelms any sentiment or tenderness.
- They really react to the sentiment and the emotion.
- This nostalgic sentiment is obvious in both the band's choice of covers and the composition of the band's own tunes.
- The Irish visit was largely an occasion for nostalgia, sentiment and photo opportunities.
- It may be very American and dripping with sentiment but thanks to Quaid and a quality cast, The Rookie has a grace and sincerity that makes you willing to indulge its flaws.
- It would seem impossible to do this without drowning in sentiment, or exaggerating a delight in Beverly Hills excess.
- The visit to Ireland in mid-1963 was largely an occasion for sentiment, nostalgia and photo opportunities.
Synonyms sentimentality, mawkishness, over-sentimentality, emotionalism, overemotionalism, sentimentalism
Origin Late Middle English (in the senses ‘personal experience’ and ‘physical feeling, sensation’): from Old French sentement, from medieval Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentire ‘feel’. |