Usually means: Attribute excessive emotion to something.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word Sentimentalize:

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  1. sentimentalize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sentimentalize: Merriam-Webster
  3. sentimentalize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sentimentalize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sentimentalize: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sentimentalize: Vocabulary.com
  7. sentimentalize: Wordnik
  8. sentimentalize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sentimentalize: Wiktionary
  10. sentimentalize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sentimentalize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sentimentalize: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sentimentalize: Dictionary.com
  14. sentimentalize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. sentimentalize: Rhymezone
  16. Sentimentalize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. sentimentalize: FreeDictionary.org
  18. sentimentalize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. sentimentalize: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Sentimentalize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sentimentalize)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To give a sentimental feel to.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To think or act in a sentimental manner; to get sentimental.

Similar:
sentimentalise, emotionalize, emotionize, emotionalise, touch, warm, nostalgize, concern, sensualize, romanticize, more...

Opposite:
depersonalize, objectify, dispassionate

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Similar:
sentimentalise, emotionalize, emotionize, emotionalise, touch, warm, nostalgize, concern, sensualize, romanticize, more...

Opposite:
depersonalize, objectify, dispassionate



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