unsentimentaladj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnsɛntᵻˈmɛntl/, U.S.

/ˌənˌsɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)l/

(un- prefix¹ 1.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > unsentimental

unsentimental1752

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > sentimental > not

unsentimental1752

1752 H. Walpole Let. 23 June (1974) XXXVII. 340 He..was even so unsentimental as to talk, of desiring to make her happy.

1810 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1839) III. 228 The despair..gave me a most unsentimental horror for sentimental letters.

1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxi. 94 Never man had a more unsentimental mother than mine.

1898 A. C. Haddon Study of Man xiv. 409 An unsentimental survival of this pretty custom.

Derivatives

unsentimenˈtality n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > unsentimentality

unsentimentality1824

1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. (ed. 2) I. 28 The impropriety and unsentimentality of her behaviour.

unsentiˈmentalize v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > make unsentimental

unsentimentalize1824

1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. III. 168 Gaieties..calculated..to enliven and unsentimentalize the mind.

1837 G. C. Lewis Let. 31 July (1870) 84 For the sake of..unsentimentalizing the cause of the Catholic clergy.

1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. ii. 25 The unsentimentalizing effects of the gallantry of the court of Charles II.

unsentiˈmentally adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > unsentimentally

unsentimentally1825

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 337 She was..most unsentimentally employed in swallowing a very hearty supper.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	unsentimental
释义	unsentimentaladj. Brit. /ˌʌnsɛntᵻˈmɛntl/, U.S. /ˌənˌsɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)l/ (un- prefix¹ 1.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > unsentimental unsentimental1752 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > sentimental > not unsentimental1752 1752 H. Walpole Let. 23 June (1974) XXXVII. 340 He..was even so unsentimental as to talk, of desiring to make her happy. 1810 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1839) III. 228 The despair..gave me a most unsentimental horror for sentimental letters. 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxi. 94 Never man had a more unsentimental mother than mine. 1898 A. C. Haddon Study of Man xiv. 409 An unsentimental survival of this pretty custom. Derivatives unsentimenˈtality n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > unsentimentality unsentimentality1824 1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. (ed. 2) I. 28 The impropriety and unsentimentality of her behaviour. unsentiˈmentalize v. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > make unsentimental unsentimentalize1824 1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. III. 168 Gaieties..calculated..to enliven and unsentimentalize the mind. 1837 G. C. Lewis Let. 31 July (1870) 84 For the sake of..unsentimentalizing the cause of the Catholic clergy. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. ii. 25 The unsentimentalizing effects of the gallantry of the court of Charles II. unsentiˈmentally adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > unsentimentally unsentimentally1825 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 337 She was..most unsentimentally employed in swallowing a very hearty supper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1752
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