sentimental
pronunciation
How to pronounce sentimental in British English:
UK [ˌsentɪˈmentl]
How to pronounce sentimental in American English:
US [ˌsentɪˈmentl]
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- Adjective:
- given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
- effusively or insincerely emotional
Word Origin
- sentimental (adj.)
- 1749, "pertaining to or characterized by sentiment," from sentiment + -al (1). At first without pejorative connotations; meaning "having too much sentiment, apt to be swayed by prejudice" had emerged by 1793 (implied in sentimentalist). Related: Sentimentally.
Example
- 1. Ms marton avoids being too self-centred or sentimental as she tells the story .
- 2. Some scornfully see this as a mere ploy to squeeze dollars from sentimental foreigners .
- 3. This autobiographical element to reading bound books may be sentimental , but I don 't think it 's negligible .
- 4. And the egyptian people , as sentimental as any on earth , regarded their president 's heartbreak with deep sympathy .
- 5. But what kept me reading was her detailed reporting of marital life with the famous writer , reporting that veers from insightful to unabashedly mystical and sentimental .