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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental |
| Synonyms: | affected, affectionate, bathetic, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy, effusive, gushing, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, mawkish, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotiona |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expansive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
| Synonyms: | affable, communicative, demonstrative, easy, effervescent, effusive, extroverted, free, friendly, garrulous, generous, genial, gregarious, gushy, lavish, liberal, loquacious, open, outgoing, sociable, unconstrained, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained, warm |
| Antonyms: | quiet, reserved, silent |
| Main Entry: | mawkish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental, emotional |
| Synonyms: | bathetic, cloying, feeble, gooey, gushing, gushy, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mushy, nauseating, romantic, sappy*, schmaltzy, sickening, sloppy, tear-jerking, teary |
| Antonyms: | calm, serious, unemotional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emotional, romantic |
| Synonyms: | affected, affectionate, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy, effusive, gushing, gushy, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotional, passionate, pathetic, rosewater, saccharine*, sappy*, schmaltzy, silly, simpering, sloppy*, slushy, soapy, soft, softhearted, sugary, sweet, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy |
| Antonyms: | hard-hearted, indifferent, pragmatic, unemotional, unromantic, unsentimental |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental |
| Synonyms: | drippy, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy |
| Main Entry: | drippy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental |
| Synonyms: | bathetic, emotional, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, romantic, sappy, slushy, sobby, soppy, weepy |
| Main Entry: | schmaltzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental |
| Synonyms: | affected, affectionate, bathetic, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy*, effusive, gushing, gushy, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, mawkish, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotional, passionate, pathetic, romantic, rosewater, saccharine*, sappy*, silly, simpering, sloppy*, slushy, soapy, sobby, soft, softhearted, soppy, sugary, sweet, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental |
| Synonyms: | affected, affectionate, bathetic, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy*, effusive, gushing, gushy, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, mawkish, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotional, passionate, pathetic, romantic, rosewater, saccharine*, sappy*, schmaltzy, silly, simpering, sloppy*, soapy, sobby, soft, softhearted, soppy, sugary, sweet, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sobby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental |
| Synonyms: | affected, affectionate, bathetic, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy*, effusive, gushing, gushy, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, mawkish, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotional, passionate, pathetic, romantic, rosewater, saccharine*, sappy*, schmaltzy, silly, simpering, sloppy*, slushy, soapy, soft, softhearted, soppy, sugary, sweet, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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