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Webster 1913 Edition
Sentimental
Senˊti-men′tal
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
sentimental
.] 1.
Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic.
[Obsoles.]
Nay, ev’n each moral
Where not the character, but poet, spoke,
He lopped, as foreign to his chaste design,
Nor spared a useless, though a golden line.
sentimental
stroke,Where not the character, but poet, spoke,
He lopped, as foreign to his chaste design,
Nor spared a useless, though a golden line.
Whitehead.
2.
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
sentimental
mind is rather prone to overwrought feeling and exaggerated tenderness. Whately.
3.
Addressed or pleasing to the emotions only, usually to the weaker and the unregulated emotions.
Syn. – Romantic.
– Sentimental
, Romantic
. Sentimental usually describes an error or excess of the sensibilities; romantic, a vice of the imagination. The votary of the former gives indulgence to his sensibilities for the mere luxury of their excitement; the votary of the latter allows his imagination to rove for the pleasure of creating scenes of ideal enjoiment. “Perhaps there is no less danger in works called sentimental. They attack the heart more successfully, because more cautiously.” V. Knox.
“I can not but look on an indifferency of mind, as to the good or evil things of this life, as a mere romantic fancy of such who would be thought to be much wiser than they ever were, or could be.” Bp. Stillingfleet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sentimental
SENTIMENT'AL
,Adj.
1. Abounding with sentiment, or just opinions or reflections; as a sentimental discourse.
2. Expressing quick intellectual feeling.
3. Affecting sensibility; in a contemptuous sense.
Definition 2024
sentimental
sentimental
English
Adjective
sentimental (comparative more sentimental, superlative most sentimental)
- Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.
- Derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment.
- Romantic.
Derived terms
Quotations
- 1885: Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado,
- Are you in sentimental mood?
- I'll sigh with you.
- 1944: Doris Day, Sentimental Journey,
- Gonna take a Sentimental Journey,
- Gonna set my heart at ease.
- Gonna make a Sentimental Journey,
- to renew old memories.
Translations
characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion
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derived from emotion rather than reason
romantic
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Anagrams
Catalan
Adjective
sentimental m, f (masculine and feminine plural sentimentals)
Derived terms
- sentimentalisme
- sentimentalitat
- sentimentalment
Related terms
External links
- “sentimental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal/
- Homophones: sentimentale, sentimentales
Adjective
sentimental m (feminine singular sentimentale, masculine plural sentimentaux, feminine plural sentimentales)
Galician
Adjective
sentimental m, f (plural sentimentais)
Derived terms
- sentimentalidade
- sentimentalismo
- sentimentalmente
Related terms
External links
- “sentimental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
sentimental (comparative sentimentaler, superlative am sentimentalsten)
Declension
Positive forms of sentimental
Comparative forms of sentimental
Superlative forms of sentimental
Portuguese
Etymology
From French sentimental.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.ti.mẽ.ˈtaɫ/
- Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal
Adjective
sentimental m, f (plural sentimentais, comparable)
Spanish
Adjective
sentimental m, f (plural sentimentales)
Derived terms
Related terms
External links
- “sentimental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.