sentimental

adj.

1. 1. Characterized or swayed by sentiment.
   2. 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.

sentimentally sen'ti·men'tal·ly adv.

SYNONYMS   sentimental, bathetic, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, romantic, schmaltzy. These adjectives mean overly or insincerely emotional: a sentimental card; a bathetic novel; maudlin words of sympathy; mawkish sentiment; mushy effusiveness; a romantic adolescent; a schmaltzy song.

adjective

Affectedly or extravagantly emotional: bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy. Informal gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy. Slang drippy, sappy, tear-jerking. See feelings.

adj

Definition: emotional, romantic
Antonyms: dispassionate, hard-hearted, indifferent, pragmatic, unemotional, unromantic, unsentimental

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

Meaning #2: effusively or insincerely emotional
  Synonyms: bathetic, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, slushy

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Sentimental

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - følsom, sentimental

Nederlands (Dutch)
sentimenteel, overgevoelig

Français (French)
adj. - sentimental

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sentimental, rührselig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συναισθηματικός, αισθηματικός

Italiano (Italian)
sentimentale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sentimental

Русский (Russian)
сентиментальный, основанный на чувстве, нежный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sentimental, sensiblero, romántico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sentimental, känslosam, gråtmild

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
感伤性的, 感情脆弱的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 感傷性的, 感情脆弱的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 감정적인, 감상적인, 정에 약한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 感傷的な, 涙もろい, 涙を誘う, 感情的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وجداني, عاطفي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רגשי, רגשני‬

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