sentimental

sen·ti·men·tal

adjective \ˌsen-tə-ˈmen-t^əl\

: based on, showing, or resulting from feelings or emotions rather than reason or thought

: appealing to the emotions especially in an excessive way

: having or expressing strong feelings of love, sadness, etc., in a way that may seem foolish or excessive

Full Definition of SENTIMENTAL

1

a :  marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism

b :  resulting from feeling rather than reason or thought <a sentimental attachment> <a sentimental favorite>

2

:  having an excess of sentiment or sensibility

— sen·ti·men·tal·ly adverb

Examples of SENTIMENTAL

1. He has a sentimental attachment to his old high school.
2. She saved her wedding gown for sentimental reasons.
3. He has sentimental ideas about the past.
4. I tend to get very sentimental when I think about my childhood.

First Known Use of SENTIMENTAL

1749

Related to SENTIMENTAL

Synonyms

chocolate-box, cloying, drippy, fruity, gooey, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, novelettish, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, corny, sloppy, slushy, soppy, soupy, spoony (or spooney), sticky, sugarcoated, sugary, wet

Antonyms

unsentimental

Related Words

dreamy, misty-eyed, moonstruck, moony, nostalgic, starry-eyed; feel-good, fuzzy; melodramatic, soap-operatic, soapy, sudsy; flat, insipid, soft-boiled, tasteless, vapid, watery; cutesy, twee [chiefly British]

Near Antonyms

unadulterated, unvarnished; antisentimental, cynical, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hardheaded

Rhymes with SENTIMENTAL

accidental, adjustmental, apartmental, biparental, compartmental, complemental, condimental, continental, departmental, detrimental, documental, excremental, elemental, firmamental, fundamental, governmental, grandparental, incidental, incremental, instrumental, managemental, monumental, nonjudgmental, occidental, oriental, ornamental, regimental, rudimental, sacramental, supplemental, temperamental, transcendental