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sentimentality

/,sɛntəmɛn'tælɪti/

Synonyms of sentimentality Antonyms of sentimentality Examples of sentimentality Usage of sentimentality Parts of sentimentality Definition that contains sentimentality Words sounding like sentimentality Explanation of sentimentality

noun
falsely emotional in a maudlin way
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drippiness mawkishness mushiness sloppiness soupiness

type of:
emotionalism emotionality
noun
extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
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type of:
sentiment

Definition that contains sentimentality

tough not given to gentleness or sentimentality
tender given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
sentimental given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
sentimentalist someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality
schmaltz (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
romanticist someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality
sentimentalism a predilection for sentimentality
sentimentalize look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
shmaltz (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
schmalz (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music