Sentimentalize
71sentimentalist — 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… …
72sentimentality — 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… …
73sentimentally — 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… …
74romanticisation — noun the act of indulging in sentiment • Syn: ↑sentimentalization, ↑sentimentalisation, ↑romanticization • Derivationally related forms: ↑romanticise, ↑romanticize (for: ↑romant …
75romanticization — noun the act of indulging in sentiment • Syn: ↑sentimentalization, ↑sentimentalisation, ↑romanticisation • Derivationally related forms: ↑romanticise (for: ↑romanticisation), ↑ …
76sentimental — adj. 1 of or characterized by sentiment. 2 showing or affected by emotion rather than reason. 3 appealing to sentiment. Phrases and idioms: sentimental value the value of a thing to a particular person because of its associations. Derivatives:… …
77sentimentalisation — noun the act of indulging in sentiment • Syn: ↑sentimentalization, ↑romanticization, ↑romanticisation • Derivationally related forms: ↑romanticise (for: ↑romanticisation), ↑ …
78sentimentalization — noun the act of indulging in sentiment • Syn: ↑sentimentalisation, ↑romanticization, ↑romanticisation • Derivationally related forms: ↑romanticise (for: ↑romanticisation), ↑ …
79sen|ti|men|tal|ise — «SEHN tuh MEHN tuh lyz», intransitive verb, transitive verb, ised, is|ing. Especially British. sentimentalize …
80sen|ti|men|tal|ize — «SEHN tuh MEHN tuh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.i. to indulge in sentiment; affect sentiment: »He had left his father tearfully sentimentalizing about the Queen (Arnold Bennett). –v.t. 1. to make sentimental: »Coming away from New England has… …
