sentimentality

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being sentimental.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sloppiness mawkishness mushiness drippiness soupiness corn romanticism mush goo feeling sensitivity emotion sentiment idealism sensibility
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Antonyms

contempt restraint skepticism constraint indifference cruelty
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Hypernyms

sentiment emotionalism emotionality

Hyponyms

corn bathos schmaltz schmalz sentimentalism mawkishness

Phrases with the word

victorian sentimentality

Examples

Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment. Norman Mailer

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. William S. Burroughs

Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way. W. Somerset Maugham

The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness. We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and evaluate all decisions. In terms of regional economic integration, sentimentality is not enough. We really have to be frank and honest. Benjamin Mkapa

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When you realize it you cannot complain. William S. Burroughs

Sentimentality is a failure of feeling. Wallace Stevens

Close letter words and terms

sentimentalism sentimentalist sentimentalistic sentimentalization sentimentalize sentimentalizer