Need another word that means the same as “sentimental”? Find 28 synonyms and 30 related words for “sentimental” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Sentimental” are: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, slushy, soppy, soupy, nostalgic, tender, emotional, dewy-eyed, misty-eyed, affectionate, loving, soft, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugar-coated, syrupy
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sentimental” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| affectionate | Having or displaying warmth or affection. His affectionate nature. |
| bathetic | Effusively or insincerely emotional. The movie manages to be poignant without becoming bathetic. |
| cloying | Excessively sweet, rich, or sentimental, especially to a disgusting or sickening degree. A romantic rather cloying story. |
| dewy-eyed | Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity. |
| drippy | Effusively or insincerely emotional. A wet drippy day. |
| emotional | Arousing or characterized by intense feeling. He was a strongly emotional young man. |
| hokey | Noticeably contrived. A hokey country western accent. |
| kitschy | (of art, objects, or design) considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way. Kitschy pop culture. |
| loving | Feeling or showing love and affection. Loving glances. |
| maudlin | Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental. Maudlin expressions of sympathy. |
| mawkish | Sentimental in an exaggerated or false way. The mawkish smell of warm beer. |
| misty-eyed | Having eyes blurred as with tears. |
| mushy | Effusively or insincerely emotional. A mushy film. |
| nostalgic | Feeling, evoking, or characterized by nostalgia. A nostalgic account of an idyllic childhood. |
| overemotional | Excessively or abnormally emotional. We re not an overemotional family. |
| saccharine | Relating to or containing sugar; sugary. Saccharine music. |
| sappy | (of a plant) containing a lot of sap. Sappy maple trees. |
| schmaltzy | Excessively sentimental. Schmaltzy ballads. |
| schmalzy | Effusively or insincerely emotional. |
| sickly | Somewhat ill or prone to illness. She liked her coffee sweet and sickly. |
| slushy | Resembling, consisting of, or covered with slush. Slushy novels. |
| soft | Soft and mild not harsh or stern or severe. He must be going soft in the head. |
| soppy | Wet through and through; thoroughly wet. My little sisters were too soppy for our adventurous games. |
| soupy | Mawkishly sentimental. The soupy air. |
| sugar-coated | Encrusted with sugar or syrup. |
| sugary | Excessively sentimental. Energy restoring sugary drinks. |
| syrupy | Overly sweet. Syrupy puddings. |
| tender | Hurting. Tender loving care. |
| adoring | Feeling or expressing deep affection, love, or admiration. A gift from an adoring fan. |
| affectionate | Readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness. Affectionate children. |
| bathetic | Producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax. A bathetic novel. |
| delicate | A delicate fabric or garment. A delicate lace shawl. |
| deplore | Feel or express strong disapproval of (something. We deplore the government s treatment of political prisoners. |
| doting | Extremely and uncritically fond of someone; adoring. She was spoiled outrageously by her doting father. |
| emotional | Determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason. He would become emotional over nothing at all. |
| epistolary | (of a literary work) in the form of letters. An epistolary novel. |
| exhaustion | Extreme fatigue. The rapid exhaustion of fossil fuel reserves. |
| farce | The dramatic genre represented by farces. He toured the backwoods in second rate farces. |
| feel | Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone s behavior or attitude. The dead cannot feel. |
| fond | Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent. Fond of his nephew. |
| heartfelt | (of a feeling or its expression) deeply and strongly felt; sincere. Our heartfelt thanks. |
| lament | A mournful poem a lament for the dead. There were constant laments about the conditions of employment. |
| loving | Feeling or showing love and affection. The cargo was described in loving detail. |
| maudlin | Effusively or insincerely emotional. Maudlin expressions of sympathy. |
| mawkish | Effusively or insincerely emotional. A mawkish ode to parenthood. |
| melodrama | Behaviour or events that resemble melodrama. He gloated like a villain in a Victorian melodrama. |
| mood | A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. A concept album which captures the mood of modern times. |
| pathos | A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. The actor injects his customary humour and pathos into the role. |
| pity | A cause for regret or disappointment. It s a pity he couldn t do it. |
| romantic | A person with romantic beliefs or attitudes. He s very handsome and so romantic. |
| sadness | Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being. A source of great sadness. |
| sensitiveness | Sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others. The sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth. |
| sentiment | General feeling or opinion. Public sentiment was on the side of reform. |
| sentimentality | Falsely emotional in a maudlin way. There are passages which verge on sentimentality. |
| susceptibility | The state or fact of being likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing. Lack of exercise increases susceptibility to disease. |
| tender | Make tender or more tender as by marinating pounding or applying a tenderizer. A tender glance. |
| touched | Slightly mad; crazy. You have to be a little touched to do my job. |
| touching | Arousing feelings of sympathy or gratitude. A touching reconciliation scene. |
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