sentimentality
sentimentality · sentimentalities
сентиментальность
Sentimentalität, Empfindsamkeit, Rührseligkeit, Gefühlsseligkeit
An act or state of being sentimentalAn act or state of being sentimental.
US/sˌɛntəmɛntˈælɪti/
» We don't have time to indulge in sentimentality.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)An act or state of being sentimental.
Sentimentalität, Schmalz, Empfindsamkeit
сентимента́льностьsentimentálʹnostʹ
(historical, uncountable)Synonym of Empfindsamkeit.
More definitions
- extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
- falsely emotional in a maudlin way
Examples
3 sentencesWe don't have time to indulge in sentimentality.
I was in the mood for sentimentality.
You know I'm not prone to sentimentality.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
act of being sentimental:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of being sentimental:
Forms
plural: sentimentalities| Singular | sentimentality |
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regular
Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- falsely emotional in a maudlin way:mawkishnessdrippinessmushinesssoupinesssloppiness
Word family
3 related wordsRelatedsentimental
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable