adj.
deriving from feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.
▸having or arousing such feelings in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way.
Derivative
- sentimentalism n.
- sentimentalist n.
- sentimentality n.
(pl. sentimentalities)
. - sentimentalization
or sentimentalisation n. - sentimentalize
or sentimentalise v. - sentimentally adv.