单词 | sentimental |
释义 | sentimental —sentimentally, adv. /sen'teuh men"tl/, adj. 1. expressive of or appealing to sentiment, esp. the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song. 2. pertaining to or dependent on sentiment: We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons. 3. weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender: the sentimental Victorians. 4. characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling. [1740-50; SENTIMENT + -AL1] Syn. 1. romantic, tender, nostalgic; maudlin, bathetic. Ant. 1, 4. dispassionate. |
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