English noun: sentimentality | |||
1. | sentimentality (attribute) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | ||
Synonyms | drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sloppiness, soupiness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | emotionalism, emotionality | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | corn, schmaltz, schmalz, sentimentalism, shmaltz | ||
2. | sentimentality (feeling) extravagant or affected feeling or emotion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sentiment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bathos, mawkishness | ||