Sentimentalize
11sentimentalize — sentimental ► ADJECTIVE 1) deriving from or prone to feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia. 2) having or arousing such feelings in an exaggerated and self indulgent way. ● sentimental value Cf. ↑sentimental value DERIVATIVES… …
12sentimentalize — verb 1. look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment (Freq. 1) Don t sentimentalize the past events • Syn: ↑sentimentalise • Derivationally related forms: ↑sentimentalisation (for: ↑sentim …
13sentimentalize — verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1788 intransitive verb to indulge in sentiment transitive verb to look upon or imbue with sentiment • sentimentalization noun …
14sentimentalize — sentimentalization, n. sentimentalizer, n. /sen teuh men tl uyz /, v., sentimentalized, sentimentalizing. v.i. 1. to indulge in sentiment. v.t. 2. to view (someone or something) sentimentally: He sentimentalized the relationship until all real… …
15sentimentalize — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To regard or imbue with affected or exaggerated emotion: romanticize. See FEELINGS, REAL …
16sentimentalize — also ise BrE verb (I, T) to speak, write or think about something in a way that mentions only the good or happy things about something, but not the bad things: a sentimentalized account of life during the war (+ about/over): Listen to Albert… …
17sentimentalize — sen·ti·men·tal·ize …
18sentimentalize — sen•ti•men•tal•ize [[t]ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tlˌaɪz[/t]] v. ized, iz•ing 1) to indulge in sentiment 2) to view (someone or something) sentimentally • Etymology: 1790–1800 sen ti•men tal•i•za′tion, n …
19sen·ti·men·tal·ise — ↑sentimentalize …
20sentimentalized — sentimentalize (Amer.) ,sen·ti men·tal·ize || ‚sentɪ mentÉ™laɪz v. treat sentimentally, ascribe sentimental qualities; behave sentimentally, express exaggerated emotions (also sentimentalise) …
