Another word for sentimentality
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Noun
The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional
- The property of being sappy.
- Excessively sentimental art or music.
- Maudlin sentimentality.
- Liquid fat, especially chicken fat.
- The characteristic of being mushy.
- A thick porridge or pudding of cornmeal boiled in water or milk.
- Something thick, soft, and pulpy.
- Mawkish sentimentality, affection, or amorousness.
- A predilection for the sentimental.
- An idea or expression marked by excessive sentiment.
- The property of being mawkish.
- A maudlin condition.
- An abrupt, presumably unintended juxtaposition of the exalted and the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.
- An anticlimax.
- Insincere or grossly sentimental pathos:
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Another word for sentimentality
Noun
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- The property of being gushy.
- The characteristic of being mushy.
- The state or quality of being emotional.
- The property of being mawkish.
- The quality of being maudlin.
- A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.
- The dramatic genre characterized by this treatment.
- Behavior or occurrences having melodramatic characteristics.
- An abrupt, presumably unintended juxtaposition of the exalted and the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.
- An anticlimax.
- Insincere or grossly sentimental pathos:
- Melodramatic theatrical performance.
- Exaggeratedly emotional behavior; histrionics.
- A thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason:
- Emotion; feeling:
- Tender or romantic feeling:
- A predilection for the sentimental.
- An idea or expression marked by excessive sentiment.
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