1a. Characterized or swayed by sentiment. b. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional. 2. Resulting from or colored by emotion rather than reason or realism. 3. Appealing to the sentiments, especially to romantic feelings: sentimental music.
OTHER FORMS:
senti·mental·ly —ADVERB
SYNONYMS:
sentimental, bathetic, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, romantic, schmaltzy, slushy, soppy These adjectives mean excessively or insincerely emotional: a sentimental card; a bathetic novel; maudlin expressions of sympathy; mawkish sentiment; mushy effusiveness; a romantic adolescent; a schmaltzy song; slushy poetry; a soppy letter.
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