As the popping sound of the fireworks stopped, it suddenly became quiet around me. The smell of gunpowder somehow put me in a sentimental mood.
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Sentimental
/ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/
Synonyms for "sentimental" (233 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (70)
Noun(13 words)
emotional adjectiveemotional appealemotional attachmentemotional attributeemotional communicationemotional displayemotional emptinessemotional responseemotional state descriptoremotionalistemotive responsefairy-tale settingfeeling quality
Adjective(21 words)
emotional aestheticsemotional conditionemotional descriptoremotional expressionemotional feelingemotional personemotional reactionemotional relevanceemotional statesemotional toneemotionalisticemotionalistic rhetoricemotive descriptoremotive displayfondestgushiestgushyhokeyhokierkitschy
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Verb(1 words)
Related words (116)
lovesomelovinglyricmadmaternalmaudlinmawkishmeltingmoistmoonstruckmoronicmushynamby pambynamby-pambynauseatingnostalgicnostomanicnuttyoversentimentaloversentimentalized
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Adjective(43 words)
lugubriouslyrical poemmaudlinmelodramaticmushiermushiestmushynostalgic moodoveremotionalpitiablepoignant scenepsychological responsereminiscentromantic activityromantic overtureromantic pairsappiersappiestsappyschmaltziest
Noun(9 words)
Determiner(1 words)
more feeling
Verb(3 words)
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More general
2 entriesemotional expressionemotional quality
More specific
5 entriesmawkish prosemelodramatic scenesentimental novelsentimental portraitsentimental song
Collocations
6 entriessentimental appealsentimental attachmentsentimental journeysentimental moodsentimental rhetoricsentimental value
Inflections
2 entriesmore sentimentalmost sentimental
Derivations
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
He has completely avoided being sentimental.
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Tom couldn't help but feel sentimental.
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Don't get sentimental.
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