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# sentimental

adjective (sentimental, more sentimental, most sentimental)

«sentimental» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Full of tender feelings like love, sadness or longing, especially about the past: a sentimental person is easily moved. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#m1)
2. Kept or valued for the memories it brings, not for money: a thing has sentimental value. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#m2)
3. (critical) Too soft and sugary in feeling, making you sad or happy in a way that seems overdone or not real. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it tells the reader a character is soft-hearted, missing someone or thinking of old times; in English lessons pupils learn it can be praise (warm) or criticism (soppy). Everyday phrases: «sentimental value», «get sentimental», «a sentimental song», «for sentimental reasons». In money talk an old toy may be worth little in pounds or dollars but have huge sentimental value.

### Examples

- Grandad gets sentimental when he looks at old photos. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#x1)
- This old teddy has sentimental value, so please don't throw it away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#x2)
- Mum kept my first shoes for sentimental reasons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#x3)
- The film was too sentimental for my brother, who said it was soppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#x4)
- She sang a sentimental song about her home town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#x5)
- Don't get all sentimental on me, it's only a sleepover! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#x6)
- The ring isn't expensive, but it means a lot to me. It's sentimental. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#x7)
- Our teacher said the poem was moving without being sentimental. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#x8)
- The violet, a little too sentimental. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/#x9)

### Note

Adjective only; noun «sentiment», «sentimentality»; adverb «sentimentally». «Sentimental value» means value in feelings, not price — in a maths problem it adds nothing to the cost. Don't confuse with «sensitive» (easily hurt or quick to notice) or «sensible» (wise, practical).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sentimental» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sentimental» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sentimental.html) on Mova free.