Sentimental
WordNet
adjective
(1) Effusively or insincerely emotional
"A bathetic novel"
"Maudlin expressions of sympathy"
"Mushy effusiveness"
"A schmaltzy song"
"Sentimental soap operas"
"Slushy poetry"
(2) Given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion
- derived from emotion rather than reason
- romantic
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.
Adjective
- sentimental