Sentimentalize (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression.

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Examples

• She often sentimentalizes about her childhood memories whenever she visits her hometown.
• His tendency to sentimentalize about past relationships has made it difficult for him to move on.
• The song made her sentimentalize about her first love and the memories they shared.
• People tend to sentimentalize about the good old days and forget the difficulties they faced.
• The novel's ending made readers sentimentalize about the characters and their struggles.

Synonyms

• Sentimentise
• Sentimentalise
• Sentimentize

Hypernyms

• Do
• Act

Related Words

• Sentimentalization (noun)

Meaning ²

Make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities; "Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind"; "These experiences have sentimentalized her".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Sentimentalise

Hypernyms

• Alter
• Modify

Meaning ³

Look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Sentimentalise

Hypernyms

• Belie