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单词 sentimentality
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Examples of 'sentimentality' in a sentence
sentimentality

And he does this without sentimentality or nostalgia.Its strong points are undermined by cloying sentimentality and whimsy.We love the luxury of sentimentality and much prefer to avoid the weight of moral responsibility.The slick script contains just the right amounts of camp humour and epic sentimentality.She works hard to avoid sentimentality.He has pathos without sentimentality, humour without guile and infinite sympathy.FILMS about people growing old and struggling with life usually have far too much sentimentality attached.Its rough edges and crafty urchins give it a true grit that avoids the sentimentality of its American cousins.How does she avoid sentimentality?To avoid sentimentality and melodrama in a film about bereavement is admirable; to avoid drama altogether seems self-defeating.

Synonyms of 'sentimentality'

romanticism, nostalgia, tenderness, gush
More Synonyms of sentimentality
(noun) 
In this book there is no sentimentality.
Synonyms
romanticism
nostalgia
tenderness
She smiled, politely, rather than with tenderness.
gush (informal)
pathos
slush (informal)
sentimental slush
mush (informal)
The lyrics are mush and the melodies banal.
schmaltz (slang)
sloppiness (informal)
emotionalism
bathos
There was an element of bathos about the much-acclaimed speech.
mawkishness
corniness (slang)
play on the emotions
sob stuff (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bathos
Definition
a sudden ludicrous descent from exalted to ordinary matters in speech or writing
There was an element of bathos about the much-acclaimed speech.
Synonyms
anticlimax,
disappointment,
sentimentality,
letdown,
comedown (informal),
mawkishness,
false pathos
in the sense of mush
Definition
cloying sentimentality
The lyrics are mush and the melodies banal.
Synonyms
sentimentality,
corn (informal),
slush (informal),
schmaltz (slang),
mawkishness
in the sense of slush
Definition
sloppily sentimental language or writing
sentimental slush
Synonyms
sentimentality,
emotion,
romanticism,
emotionalism,
tenderness,
tender feeling,
mawkishness,
soft-heartedness,
overemotionalism

Nearby words of
sentimentality

  • sentient
  • sentiment
  • sentimental
  • sentimentality
  • sentinel
  • sentry
  • separable

Synonyms of 'sentimentality'

sentimentality

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of tenderness
She smiled, politely, rather than with tenderness.
Synonyms
gentleness,
love,
affection,
liking,
care,
consideration,
sympathy,
pity,
humanity,
warmth,
mercy,
attachment,
compassion,
devotion,
kindness,
fondness,
sentimentality,
benevolence,
humaneness,
amorousness,
warm-heartedness,
softheartedness,
tenderheartedness
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