sentimental
Prone to tearfulness
Sentimental describes feelings rooted in emotion rather than reason, especially tender or nostalgic ones: a sentimental attachment to her childhood home, He kept the ticket stub for sentimental reasons.
The word can suggest excessive or self-indulgent emotion: The movie was too sentimental for my taste.
Sentimental value is worth based on personal associations rather than market price.
Exaggeratedly sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- cloyingExcessively sweet or sentimental
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
treacly · mushy · gushy · sappy · corny · hokey · slushy · soppy
Tending to recall
- memoriesStored past experiences
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
- bygoneOf earlier times
wistful · homesick · yesteryear · keepsake · heirloom · memento · throwback · sepia
Prone to weeping
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
- tenderSoft or sore
weepy · empathetic · moved · passionate · sincere · soft-hearted · warm · soulful
Sadly longing for something
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- mournfulShowing or feeling grief
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- reflectiveCasting back light
sorrowful · forlorn · plaintive · elegiac · somber · doleful · heartache · lonesome
Feeling deep affection
- tenderSoft or sore
- caringShowing kind concern
- warmheartedAffectionate and sympathetic
- devotedLoyally and lovingly attached
fond · adoring · gentle · doting · endearing · soft · sweet · attached
saccharine
Exaggeratedly sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- cloyingExcessively sweet or sentimental
overwrought · treacly · mushy · gushy · sappy · corny · hokey · slushy · soppy · syrupy
reminiscent
Tending to recall
- memoriesStored past experiences
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
bygone · wistful · homesick · yesteryear · keepsake · heirloom · memento · throwback · sepia · vintage
tearful
Prone to weeping
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
tender · weepy · empathetic · moved · passionate · sincere · soft-hearted · warm · soulful · sympathetic
wistful
Sadly longing for something
reflective · sorrowful · forlorn · plaintive · elegiac · somber · doleful · heartache · lonesome · rueful
loving
Feeling deep affection
- tenderSoft or sore
- caringShowing kind concern
- warmheartedAffectionate and sympathetic
devoted · fond · adoring · gentle · doting · endearing · soft · sweet · attached · romantic
heartrending
Causing overwhelming grief
bittersweet · affecting · emotive · powerful · profound · memorable · meaningful · resonant · stirring · compelling
- heartwarmingfeel-good, touching, heartfelt, uplifting, tender
- lovingloving, adoring, affectionate, amorous, caring
- nostalgianostalgia, nostalgic, memories, memory, remember
- gender stereotypesboys will be boys, pink for girls, blue for boys, man up, strong men
- emotionaldramatic, hysterical, weepy, tearful, melodramatic
- kind traitskind, caring, compassionate, nurturing, tender
sentimentalcold
Low temperature state
cold-hearted · unemotional · hard-hearted · unfeeling · dispassionate
sentimentalgritty
Coarse or courageous
realistic · unromantic · hard-boiled · unvarnished · stark
sentimentalhard-nosed
Stubbornly realistic, unsentimental
cynical · practical · pragmatic · hard-headed · realistic
- sentimental valueWorth from personal attachment
- sentimental foolPerson ruled by feelings
- sentimental journeyTravel prompted by emotion
- sentimental attachmentEmotion-based connection to something
- public sentimentPrevailing attitude of society
- sentimental songsMusic evoking tender emotions
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