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