sentimentalities
Overwrought tender feelings
Sentimentalities are instances or expressions of excessive emotion, especially the kind that seems shallow or performative rather than genuinely felt.
The word often carries a dismissive tone, suggesting feelings that are indulged rather than warranted: He had no patience for the sentimentalities of greeting cards.
It can also refer to sentimental attachments or practices collectively: the sentimentalities of the holiday season.
Pity-evoking quality
- poignancyPiercing emotional quality
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- heartstringsDeep emotional attachments
- emotivenessCapacity for emotional expression
sensibility · emotionalism · vulnerability · sensitivity · feeling · warmth · depth · intensity
Excessively sentimental
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- gushyExcessively emotional
mushy · syrupy · cloying · overwrought · weepy · tearful · lachrymose · slushy
Recalling past experiences
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
melancholy · bygone · yesteryear · retrospection · sepia-toned · heirloom · throwback · old-fashioned
Gentle, caring quality
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- warmheartednessSincere affection toward others
doting · cherishing · endearment · adoration · caring · loving · gentle · kindhearted
pathos
Pity-evoking quality
- poignancyPiercing emotional quality
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- heartstringsDeep emotional attachments
emotiveness · sensibility · emotionalism · vulnerability · sensitivity · feeling · warmth · depth · intensity · rawness
sappy
Excessively sentimental
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
gushy · mushy · syrupy · cloying · overwrought · weepy · tearful · lachrymose · slushy · drippy
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
homesickness · melancholy · bygone · yesteryear · retrospection · sepia-toned · heirloom · throwback · old-fashioned · bittersweet
tenderness
Gentle, caring quality
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- attachmentConnection or fondness
warmheartedness · doting · cherishing · endearment · adoration · caring · loving · gentle · kindhearted · compassionate
sentimentalitiesstoicism
Uncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
coldness · impassivity · reserve · aloofness · dispassion
sentimentalitiespragmatism
Practical problem-solving philosophy
realism · objectivity · level-headedness · matter-of-factness · cynicism
consent, sensation, sentimental, sentiment, resent, sentient, dissent, assent, sentiments