Sentimental — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

effusively or insincerely emotional

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˌɛntɪmˈɛntəl/

🇬🇧British English

/sˌɛntɪmˈɛntəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˌɛntɪmˈɛntəl/

4 syllables Say it as /sˌɛntɪmˈɛntəl/.

Examples

a bathetic novel
maudlin expressions of sympathy
mushy effusiveness

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

mushy kitschy drippy schmaltzy maudlin hokey mawkish bathetic soppy soupy slushy schmalzy

Parts of Speech

adjective	given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
adjective	effusively or insincerely emotional “a bathetic novel”

Word Forms

sentiment	noun	tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
sentimentality	noun	extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
drippiness	noun	falsely emotional in a maudlin way
mawkishness	noun	insincere pathos
mushiness	noun	falsely emotional in a maudlin way

Around the World

Europe

🇮🇹Italian

sentimentale

dato o segnato da sentimento o sentimentalismo

🇳🇱Dutch

sentimenteel

gegeven aan of gekenmerkt door sentiment of sentimentaliteit

🇷🇺Russian

сентиментальный

данный или отмеченный чувством или сентиментальностью

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भावुक

भावना या भावुकता द्वारा दिया या चिह्नित किया हुआ

🇧🇩Bengali

সংবেদনশীল

দেওয়া বা সেন্টিমেন্ট বা অনুভূতি দ্বারা চিহ্নিত

🇮🇳Tamil

உணர்வுபூர்வமான

உணர்வு அல்லது உணர்ச்சியால் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது அல்லது குறிக்கப்பட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

సెంటిమెంటల్

సెంటిమెంట్ లేదా సెంటిమెంటాలిటీకి ఇవ్వబడింది లేదా గుర్తించబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

भावनिक

दिलेले किंवा भावना किंवा भावनिकतेने चिन्हांकित केलेले

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભાવનાત્મક

ભાવના અથવા ભાવનાત્મકતાને આપવામાં આવે છે અથવા ચિહ્નિત કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭಾವುಕ

ಭಾವನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಭಾವನಾತ್ಮಕತೆಯಿಂದ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಗುರುತಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വികാരഭരിതമായ

വികാരം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വികാരത്താൽ നൽകപ്പെട്ടതോ അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തിയതോ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭਾਵਨਾਤਮਕ

ਭਾਵਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਭਾਵਨਾਤਮਕਤਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

جذباتی

جذبات یا جذباتیت کو دیا گیا یا نشان زد کیا گیا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

多愁善感的

赋予或以情感或感伤为特征

🇯🇵Japanese

センチメンタル

感情や感傷に与えられる、またはそれによって特徴づけられる

🇰🇷Korean

감상적인

감정이나 감정에 의해 부여되거나 표시됨

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đa cảm

được trao cho hoặc được đánh dấu bởi tình cảm hoặc tình cảm

🇹🇭Thai

อารมณ์อ่อนไหว

มอบให้หรือทำเครื่องหมายด้วยความรู้สึกหรือความรู้สึกนึกคิด

🇮🇩Indonesian

sentimentil

diberikan atau ditandai dengan sentimen atau sentimentalitas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عاطفي

تعطى أو تتميز بالمشاعر أو العاطفة

🇮🇷Persian

احساساتی

به احساسات یا احساسات داده شده یا مشخص شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

duygusal

duygu veya duygusallığa verilen veya bunlarla işaretlenen

🇮🇱Hebrew

סֵנטִימֵנטָלִי

ניתן או מסומן על ידי סנטימנט או רגשנות

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