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 | ||