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Sentimental Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Sentimental has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

"She kept a dusty shoebox full of her late grandfather's old letters, clearly sentimental about their memories together."

2

effusively or insincerely emotional

"a bathetic novel"

"maudlin expressions of sympathy"

"mushy effusiveness"

"a schmaltzy song"

"sentimental soap operas"

"slushy poetry"

3

Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.

"She refused to sell the old rocking chair because it was far too sentimental for her taste."

Example Sentences
"a bathetic novel" adjective
"maudlin expressions of sympathy" adjective
"mushy effusiveness" adjective
"a schmaltzy song" adjective
"sentimental soap operas" adjective
"slushy poetry" adjective
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Rhyming Words
tal ital ctal total ectal octal petal dital rotal metal katal ketal fetal cital ental setal attal ictal natal notal
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