Sentimentality Synonyms

sĕntə-mĕn-tălĭ-tē
The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bathos
  2. mawkishness
  3. sentimentalism
  4. mushiness
  5. schmaltz
  6. melodrama
  7. sloppiness
  8. sentiment
  9. melodramatics
  10. maudlinism
  11. maudlinness
  12. mush
  13. triteness
  14. emotionalness
  15. hokum
  16. schmaltziness
  17. drippiness
  18. gushiness
  19. sappiness
  20. slushiness
  21. soupiness

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Sentimentality Sentence Examples

  • It was a very sentimental film, much along the lines of Whiskey Galore, with justified, and not misplaced, sentimentality.

  • It should avoid sentimentality, the awkward, gauche handling of emotion.

  • But maybe the program's greatest achievement was avoiding mawkish sentimentality.

  • I know, a song about a young child that doesn't stick in the throat or drown in sickly sentimentality.

  • Much of the misconceptions surrounding this issued were due to misinformation and false sentimentality, she added.

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