Definitions for sentimental

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sentimental sen·ti·men·tal

Spelling: [sen-tuh-men-tl]

IPA: /ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tl/

Sentimental is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 920 anagrams from letters in sentimental (aeeilmnnstt).

Definitions for sentimental

adjective

1. expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia:
2. pertaining to or dependent on sentiment:
3. weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender:
4. characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling.

Origin of sentimental

First recorded in 1740-50; sentiment + -al¹

Examples for sentimental

In another series, drafting a fantasy football team by the side of a fallen comrade could be sentimental, even borderline maudlin.

A good commercial Christmas song must avoid being too sentimental or too cutesy.

There was not a trace of sentimental expression to this absorption.

Northanger Abbey, after all, parodies the tropes and excesses of sentimental Gothic novels.

This was the first time she had ever heard Martin ask for something as sentimental as a kiss.

This country is absurd with its sentimental regard for individual liberty.

While Kalman tends to mine the past for material, she is as irreverent as she is sentimental.

The simultaneously upbeat and sentimental ode to friendship is equal parts funk, trance, pop, and R&B.

The public has a sort of sentimental regard for that fellow.

Let us see if there is any foundation for this sentimental balderdash.