sentimentalisticadj.
rare.
Possessing sentimental characteristics; characterized by an exaggerated sentimentality.
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sugary1591
maudlina1631
mawkish1702
sickly1766
emetic1770
mawky1773
pamby1820
sentimental1823
saccharine1841
sticky1841
mushy1848
sentimentalizing1856
Christmas card1860
maumish1866
slobbery1875
namby-pamby1883
sloppy1883
slushy1889
sentimentalistic1904
marshmallowy1907
hearts and flowers1911
slobby1913
soppy1918
meltyc1921
lavender1928
saccharescent1930
schmaltzya1934
sloshy1933
gooey1935
icky1938
cheesy1943
drippy1952
soupy1953
squishy1953
saccharined1962
gloopy1965
yechy1969
yucky1970
sucky1971
yuck1971
schmoozy1976
1904 M. Beerbohm Let. 13 Apr. (1964) 161 All this sounds very ‘literary’ and sentimentalistic, but it is real enough to me.
1912 E. Pound Prolegomena in Poetry Rev. Feb. 75 As for the nineteenth century,..I think we shall look back upon it as..a rather sentimentalistic, mannerish sort of a period.
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