It comes from the fact that your senses are going completely mental on you. At that point, your are senti-mental. It can be seen as a logical result of emotional activity.
Emotional
Another word for sentimental would be affectionate. You could also say idealistic or nostalgic.
psychological, moving, touching, affecting, stirring, sentimental, poignant, emotive, heart-rending, passionate, temperatmental, excitable
Women tend to be very sentimental while men are unemotional; otherwise the latter would be more sensitive to melancholic movies.
Sentimental means having or showing emotion or feelings that are based on personal or nostalgic experiences. It often involves feelings of affection, tenderness, or nostalgia towards someone or something.
it wasn't worth much, but it had sentimental value.The thought was very sentimental.
The necklace has a sentimental value to her.It might not have been worth much, but it was of huge sentimental value.The thought was very sentimental.
Reminiscing
The anagrams are entailments and sentimental.
The watch was a very sentimental gift, because it was passed down to Paul by his father.
· overjoyed
Emotional
Another word for sentimental would be affectionate. You could also say idealistic or nostalgic.
The anagrams are entailments and sentimental.
"schmaltzy", . "bathetic" , "mushy". "soppy". 'soupy" , "hokey" and "kitschy" are some. "maudlin" and "mawkish" are not slang but have this meaning. .
sentimental
Elegiac poetry--very sentimental