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sentimental

/sen-tuh-men-tl/US // ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tl //UK // (ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl) //

伤感,伤感的,多情的,感性

Related Words

weepy哭泣的,哭哭啼啼,流泪的,哭泣affectionate亲切的,深情的,亲热的,亲切mushy烂泥,烂醉如泥,烂泥扶不上墙,烂醉idealistic理想化,理想主义,理想化的,理想主义的nostalgic怀旧,怀旧的,怀念,念旧dreamy梦幻般的,梦幻的,梦幻,梦寐以求的touching触摸,触摸的,感人的,感人silly愚蠢的,傻乎乎的,傻傻的,愚蠢maudlin闷闷不乐,婆婆妈妈,婆婆妈妈的,肉麻的corny陈词滥调,陈腐的,肉麻的,老套的sweet甜的,甜甜的,甜蜜的,甜美的tender嫩,嫩的,嫩芽,嫩模sappy烦人,烦闷,烦人的,烦闷的passionate激情,多情的,激情澎湃,充满激情saccharine糖精,糖类,糖精类,糖精饮料affected受影响的,受影响,受到影响,受到影响的demonstrative示范性,示范性的,演示性,示威性dewy-eyed惺惺惜惺惺,惺惺相惜,瀼渡,惺惺作态effusive滔滔不绝,慷慨激昂,滔滔不绝的,踊跃发言gushing滔滔不绝,欣喜若狂,啧啧称奇,滔滔不绝的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
    • : pertaining to or dependent on sentiment: We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons.
    • : weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender: the sentimental Victorians.
    • : characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.emotional, romantic
Synonyms
affectionate亲切的,深情的,亲热的,亲切corny陈词滥调,陈腐的,肉麻的,老套的dreamy梦幻般的,梦幻的,梦幻,梦寐以求的idealistic理想化,理想主义,理想化的,理想主义的maudlin闷闷不乐,婆婆妈妈,婆婆妈妈的,肉麻的mushy烂泥,烂醉如泥,烂泥扶不上墙,烂醉nostalgic怀旧,怀旧的,怀念,念旧passionate激情,多情的,激情澎湃,充满激情saccharine糖精,糖类,糖精类,糖精饮料sappy烦人,烦闷,烦人的,烦闷的silly愚蠢的,傻乎乎的,傻傻的,愚蠢sweet甜的,甜甜的,甜蜜的,甜美的tender嫩,嫩的,嫩芽,嫩模touching触摸,触摸的,感人的,感人weepy哭泣的,哭哭啼啼,流泪的,哭泣affected受影响的,受影响,受到影响,受到影响的demonstrative示范性,示范性的,演示性,示威性dewy-eyed惺惺惜惺惺,惺惺相惜,瀼渡,惺惺作态effusive滔滔不绝,慷慨激昂,滔滔不绝的,踊跃发言gushing滔滔不绝,欣喜若狂,啧啧称奇,滔滔不绝的gushy恶心的,恶心,恶心的人,软体impressionable印象深刻的,印象深刻,印象派,印象深刻的人inane无稽之谈,无聊,无意义的,毫无意义的insipid寡淡无味,索然无味,淡淡的,寡淡jejune牛仔,弱智,年轻人,弱智的人languishing慵懒,慵懒的,枯燥无味,枯燥乏味lovey-dovey爱意满满,爱意浓浓,爱意绵绵,爱心loving爱心,爱护,有爱,有爱的moonstruck追月,追月族,追月者,追月人overacted演技过硬,演技过人,表演过头了,表演过头overemotional情绪过激,过度情绪化,情绪化过重,过度情绪化的pathetic可悲,可怜的,悲惨的,悲哀rosewater玫瑰花水,玫瑰水,玫瑰香水,桃花水schmaltzy软绵绵的,软弱无力,软绵绵,软弱无力的simpering傻笑,傻傻分不清楚,傻傻分不清,傻傻的sloppy粗心大意,马虎,草率,粗枝大叶slushy泥泞的,泥泞,泥泞不堪,泥泞不堪的soapy肥皂,肥皂水,肥皂泡,皂角soft软,软的,软性,软体softhearted心软的人,柔情似水,心软的,温柔的心sugary含糖,含糖量高的,含糖的,含糖饮料syrupy糖浆,饴糖,糖水,糖浆状tear-jerking催人泪下,催人泪下的,催泪的,催泪tearful含泪的,泪流满面,泪水涟涟,泪流满面的vapid虚无缥缈,无趣,虚浮,虚浮的visionary有远见的人,愿景者,有远见者,远见卓识

Examples

  • As much as I miss my friends and traveling in general, for example, I plan to take a cue from Reggie and am not going to take a sentimental journey this year.

  • We don’t just mean compassion matters in a moral or ethical or sentimental sense.

  • If a sentimental ornament breaks, Borchers suggests preserving the broken pieces in a frame or inside a glass ornament that can be hung on the tree.

  • As long as you have a close relationship to the griever and know their preferences well, a thoughtful, sentimental gift could bring the bittersweet joy they need right now.

  • It’s sentimental, like someone is trying to get ahold of you.

  • A good commercial Christmas song must avoid being too sentimental or too cutesy.

  • Northanger Abbey, after all, parodies the tropes and excesses of sentimental Gothic novels.

  • While Kalman tends to mine the past for material, she is as irreverent as she is sentimental.

  • The simultaneously upbeat and sentimental ode to friendship is equal parts funk, trance, pop, and R&B.

  • In another series, drafting a fantasy football team by the side of a fallen comrade could be sentimental, even borderline maudlin.

  • Frulein Fichtner is more in the bravura than in the sentimental line, and she has a certain breadth, grasp, and freshness.

  • There are sentimental children, as there are sentimental adults, who seem never happier than when the tears are ready to start.

  • She resented his sudden drop from his pedestal, for he looked sentimental and somewhat sheepish.

  • I see no infinite goodness here, but only the infinite foolishness of sentimental superstition.

  • These worthy men really made too much of his sentimental journey.

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