sentimentalist
noun[C]
oftendisapprovinguk/ˌsen.tɪˈmen.təl.ɪst/us/ˌsen.t̬əˈmen.t̬əl.ɪst/apersonwho isstronglyinfluencedbyemotionalfeelings,ratherthan bycarefulthoughtandjudgmentbasedonfacts:
He has thisimageof being the hard man but he is the mostadorablesentimentalist.
Call me anoldsentimentalist , but attimesI'devenmissthistown.
Guysworrythey might bethoughtmushy,slushysentimentalists.
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sentimentalism
- He hededicatesasongto hismother, and betweensongsheturnsinto agruffsentimentalist.
- She might be arealistbut she is also a die-hard sentimentalist.
- He says he is nogreatsentimentalist when it comes tolanguage.
Sentimental and over-emotional
- cloying
- cloyingly
- gauzily
- mawkish
- mawkishly
- mushy
- sappy
- schmaltz
- schmaltzy
- sentimental
- sickly
- sloppiness
- sloppy
- slush
- slushy
- soppily
- soppiness
- soppy
- syrupy
- tweeness