📖 Definitions of "Sentimentalize"
verb
- 1
To give a sentimental feel to.
"Let us not sentimentalize things just because they are old. Getting all dewy-eyed about it because it was started in the 17th century doesn't make sense when we're talking about the town dump."
- 2
To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility.
🔄 Synonyms of "Sentimentalize"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sentimentaliseverb | Alternative spelling of sentimentalize. [(transitive) To give a sentimental feel to.] |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sentimentalize"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sentimentaliseverb | Alternative spelling of sentimentalize. [(transitive) To give a sentimental feel to.] |
| emotionalizenoun | (transitive) To give (something) an emotional quality. |
| emotionizeverb | Alternative form of emotionalize. [(transitive) To give (something) an emotional quality.] |
| emotionaliseverb | Alternative spelling of emotionalize. [(transitive) To give (something) an emotional quality.] |
| touchnoun | An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger. |
| warm | Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable. |
| nostalgizeverb | (intransitive) To revel in nostalgia. |
| concernnoun | That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. |
| sensualizeverb | (transitive) To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure. |
| romanticizeverb | (transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner. |
| sensualiseverb | (British spelling, transitive) Alternative form of sensualize. [(transitive) To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure.] |
| sympathizeverb | (intransitive) To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected |
| romantnoun | Obsolete form of romaunt. [(archaic) A romantic story told in verse; a romance.] |
| feel forverb | (idiomatic) To experience sympathy for, to sympathise with. |
| feelverb | (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally. |
| humanizeverb | (transitive) To make sympathetic or relatable. |
| moralizeverb | (intransitive) To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral. |
| endearverb | To make (someone) dear or precious. |
| passionnoun | Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate. |
| go outverb | (idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment. |
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