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Synonyms & Antonyms of sentimentality
the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)
- the sentimentality of the story of star-crossed lovers only made it even more popular with moviegoers
Synonyms for sentimentality
- bathos,
- gooeyness,
- lovey-doveyness,
- mawkishness,
- mush,
- mushiness,
- saccharinity,
- sappiness,
- sentimentalism,
- sloppiness,
- soppiness,
- syrup
- (also sirup)
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The first known use of sentimentality was in 1770
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