sentimental
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Adjective [edit]
sentimental (comparative more sentimental, superlative most sentimental)
- characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion
- derived from emotion rather than reason
- romantic
Derived terms [edit]
Quotations [edit]
- 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 [edit]
characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion
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derived from emotion rather than reason
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romantic
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Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal/
- Homophones: sentimentale, sentimentales
Adjective [edit]
sentimental m (feminine sentimentale, masculine plural sentimentaux, feminine plural sentimentales)
German [edit]
Etymology [edit]
French.
Adjective [edit]
sentimental (comparative sentimentaler, superlative am sentimentalsten)
Declension [edit]
positive forms of sentimental
comparative forms of sentimental
superlative forms of sentimental
Spanish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
sentimental m and f (plural sentimentales)