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sentimental — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • feeling noun An emotion or emotional state.
  • maudlin adj Excessively and foolishly sentimental or emotional, especially in a tearful way, often from drink.
  • sentimental adj Relating to or triggering tender emotions, especially nostalgia or affection.

Senses

sentimental is used for these senses in English:

  • feeling Emotionally sensitive.
  • maudlin Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying. [from 17th c.]
  • sentimental Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.
  • soft-boiled softhearted or sentimental

feeling — full definition

  1. noun An emotion or emotional state.
  2. noun A sensation experienced through the sense of touch.
  3. adj Showing or having strong emotional sensitivity.

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