Sentimental
[sentɪ'ment(ə)l] or ['sɛntə'mɛntl]
Definition
(a.) Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic.
(a.) Inclined to sentiment; having an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the sensibilities for their own sake; artificially or affectedly tender; -- often in a reproachful sense.
(a.) Addressed or pleasing to the emotions only, usually to the weaker and the unregulated emotions.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Tender, impressible, romantic.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Didactic, moral, instructive, romantic
ANT:Undidactic, unsentimental, matter-of-fact, unpoetical, prosaic
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Examples
- I'm not playing, I never do, said Frank, dismayed at the sentimental predicament out of which he was to rescue the absurd couple. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Not all,' says Mr Wegg, in a tone of sentimental condolence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Laurie's a nice boy and I like him, and I won't have any sentimental stuff about compliments and such rubbish. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I am not naturally sentimental. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I had not an idea that you were such a simpleton, or half so sentimental, retorted Fanny. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He had gathered and he had given flowers; he had offered a sentimental, a poetic tribute at the shrine of Love or Mammon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Next morning Fred showed me one of the crumpled flowers in his vest pocket, and looked very sentimental. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Their mental life is sentimental; an enjoyment of an inner landscape. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He likes to write, and he'll give a tone to our contributions and keep us from being sentimental, don't you see? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I am not setting up to be sentimental about George Sampson. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A sentimental man, then, is one who has thoughts, ideas, notions; an unsentimental man is one destitute of thought, idea, or notion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Because,' said Alfred, 'I am disposed to be sentimental myself, on your appropriation of the jewels and the money, Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I ain't going to have any of this dam sentimental nonsense and humbug here, sir, the father cried out. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I'm glad you've kept it, he said in a very sentimental manner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I'll not be sentimental or dissatisfied, Mother. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She said, 'Robert Moore is neither affected nor sentimental; you mistake his character utterly, or rather not one of you here knows anything about it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It brought both parties fame, and created a fountain of commiseration for them in sentimental breasts that is running yet. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Isn't 'thou' a little sentimental? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Moore, said he, you think perhaps it was a compliment on Miss Caroline Helstone's part to say you were not sentimental. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Italians are always nice, said Meg, who was a little sentimental. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He is naturally rather sentimental, remarked Caroline. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I hate my name, too, so sentimental! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Hold up your dress and put your hat on straight, it looks sentimental tipped that way and will fly off at the first puff. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I can understand that a secretion may be healthy or unhealthy, but I cannot see the interest of a secretion from a sentimental point of view. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You would say it is not much in my way to traffic with flowers and forget-me-nots; but, you see, when requested to be sentimental, I am obedient. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yes: I was granted an interview with my Christian hero--an interview not very heroic, or sentimental, or biblical, but lively enough in its way. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I hope that in future I may be spared any more sentimental praises of the Arab's idolatry of his horse. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This becomes sentimental. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- How do you know I am not sentimental, Rose? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Some of the German ladies, who are very sentimental and simple in their tastes, fell in love with her and began to call her du at once. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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