Synonyms for sentimental
ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tlsen·ti·men·tal

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1. sentimental

   Synonyms:
   didactic, moral, instructive, romantic

   Antonyms:
   undidactic, unsentimental, matter-of-fact, unpoetical, prosaic

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1. sentimentaladjective

   given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

   Synonyms:
   slushy, hokey, schmaltzy, drippy, soppy, mushy, soupy, bathetic, schmalzy, maudlin, kitschy, mawkish

   Antonyms:
   unemotional, tough

2. bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushyadjective

   effusively or insincerely emotional

   "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

   Synonyms:
   drippy, schmaltzy, sodden, soppy, maudlin, hokey, mushy, stilted, soupy, artificial, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, contrived, drizzly, bathetic, schmalzy

   Antonyms:
   tough, unemotional

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1. sentimentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   tender, impressible, romantic

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1. sentimentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   romantic, impressible, emotional, lackadaisical

   Antonyms:
   unsentimental, matter-of-fact, pragmatical

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1. List of paraphrases for "sentimental":

   romantic, emotional, sloppy, corny

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How to use sentimental in a sentence?

1. Maggie Rogers:

   Don't tell me to take my [ explicit ] top off in the middle of my sentimental speech.

2. Jooney Woodward:

   It's just the way (Wendy) had gone through the effort of decorating the pen (with Union Jacks) where the cows were being kept, there's also a sign behind (her) ... and there's a picture of a gentleman with a cow, who is actually her husband who had died a few years ago. ... I just thought that was nice, something quite sentimental about that.

3. Thomas Groome:

   All of these things are traditions that many are sentimental about, but none of these symbols are essentials to the church.

4. Chris Noth:

   He was on a tight rope in terms of not being over-sentimental or morbid, he was really happy with how it came together and how the show looked and how it has reinvented itself.

5. And Autumn:

   I'm very sentimental like her.