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sentimental
Meaning: relating to or influenced by feelings of tenderness, nostalgia, or emotion rather than reason
sentimental in a sentence
How sentimental is used in real sentences:
He kept the old ticket stub for sentimental reasons long after the concert ended.
Moving out of the house where he grew up left him feeling surprisingly sentimental about every scratched wall and creaky floorboard.
“One difficulty was the director's sentimental attachment to a heavy oak door his grandfather had built for an earlier show.”
— from the passage The Turning Walls
Synonyms for sentimental
Other words for sentimental — nostalgic, emotional and tender — carry the same meaning.
- nostalgic
- emotional
- tender
Antonyms of sentimental
Words that mean the opposite of sentimental:
- unemotional
- practical
- detached
Where it comes from
From French sentiment 'feeling'
Word parts
- sens/sent — feel, perceive
sentimental: sent (feel) + -imental (relating to)
Memory hook
SENTIMENTAL — full of old feelings, like a keepsake bursting with SENTIMENT.
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