Oversentimental

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Excessively sentimental.

    "He looked off into the middle distance in a way that was so ridiculously oversentimental that everyone laughed again."

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"He looked off into the middle distance in a way that was so ridiculously oversentimental that everyone laughed again."

Etymology

From over- + sentimental.

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