Definition for Sentimental:

• Inclined to sentiment; having an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the sensibilities for their own sake; artificially or affectedly tender; -- often in a reproachful sense.

Synonyms for Sentimental:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • sentimental.
  •amatory (adjective)
  • rapturous,
  • doting.
  •cloying (adjective)
  • most over sentimental,
  • most oversentimental,
  • more oversentimental,
  • most cornball,
  • cutesiest,
  • more over sentimental,
  • more cloying,
  • over sentimental,
  • over-sweet,
  • most oversweet,
  • most over-sentimental,
  • more syrupy,
  • cutesier,
  • most syrupy,
  • more cornball,
  • more oversweet,
  • over sweet,
  • honeyed,
  • more over-sentimental.
  •corny (adjective)
  • oldfashioned,
  • old fashioned,
  • hokey.
  •emotional (adjective)
  • overacted,
  • Languishing,
  • Simpering,
  • Romantical,
  • affected,
  • dreamy,
  • unrealistic,
  • hysterical,
  • visionary,
  • insincere,
  • idealistic,
  • silly,
  • excitable,
  • temperamental,
  • sickish,
  • heartwarming,
  • hot-blooded,
  • hotblooded,
  • susceptible,
  • schoolgirlish,
  • over-wrought.
  •emotional, romantic (adjective)
  • sloppy,
  • soapy,
  • effusive,
  • passionate,
  • softhearted,
  • inane,
  • affectionate,
  • slushy,
  • pathetic,
  • rosewater,
  • sappy,
  • schmaltzy,
  • jejune,
  • dewy-eyed,
  • insipid,
  • demonstrative,
  • gushing,
  • moonstruck,
  • tearful,
  • vapid,
  • impressionable,
  • touching,
  • sweet.
  •fond (adjective)
  • most caring,
  • most loveydovey,
  • loveydovey,
  • more lovesome,
  • more adoring,
  • most adoring,
  • more lovey-dovey,
  • pre disposed,
  • fonder,
  • more loveydovey,
  • more caring,
  • most lovesome,
  • most attached,
  • more lovey dovey,
  • pre-disposed,
  • enamored,
  • more attached,
  • most lovey-dovey,
  • most lovey dovey,
  • silly over.
  •poignant (adjective)
  • up setting,
  • most agitating,
  • up-setting,
  • more agitating.
  •saccharine (adjective)
  • most candied,
  • candied,
  • more candied.
  •sensitive (adjective)
  • lovesick,
  • mawkish,
  • starry-eyed,
  • fanciful,
  • romantic,
  • sensitive,
  • poetic,
  • gooey.
  •soft (adjective)
  • easy going,
  • softer,
  • undemanding,
  • overindulgent,
  • easy-going,
  • Tender-hearted.
  •softhearted (adjective)
  • bleeding-heart,
  • all heart.
  •sugary (adjective)
  • most sugarcoated,
  • more sugarcoated.
  •tenderhearted (adjective)
  • under-standing,
  • under standing.

• n.

  •
  • affective,
  • casual,
  • deep,
  • burning,
  • blind,
  • acutely,
  • deep-seated,
  • bitter,
  • depth,
  • basic.
  •
  • upsetting,
  • tragic,
  • unhappy,
  • miserable,
  • heartbreaking,
  • dismal,
  • painful,
  • sad,
  • feelings,
  • depressing,
  • terrible.
  •bathetic (noun)
  • bathetic.
  •schmalzy (noun)
  • schmalzy.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • treacly,
  • soupy,
  • gushy,
  • sobby,
  • histrionics,
  • tear-jerking,
  • sentimentality.
  •
  • Theatricals,
  • hysterics,
  • theatrical.
  •
  • slush,
  • mush.
  •
  • slop.
  •distasteful
  • icky.

Paraphrases for Sentimental:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    emotional.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    passionate.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    romantic, emotive, sensitive, sloppy, sweet.

Antonyms for Sentimental:

• adj.

  • emotional, romantic
    hard, unfeeling, unromantic, cool, cold, serious, pragmatic, indifferent, mature, uncaring, unemotional, Hard-hearted, unsentimental.
  • Other antonyms:
    tough.

Sentimental Sentence Examples:

• To be sure, the grounds on which he does so are more of a sentimental than of a scientific character.

• Not that she was sentimental.

Homophones for Sentimental:

• sentimentally, sentential.