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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
| Synonyms: | bathos, emotionalness, gushiness, maudlinism, maudlinness, mawkishness, melodrama, melodramatics, mushiness, nostalgia, reminiscence, sentiment, sentimentalism, triteness |
| Main Entry: | nostalgia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant remembrances |
| Synonyms: | fond memories, hearts and flowers, homesickness, longing, pining, reminiscence, remorse, schmaltz, sentimentality, tear-jerker, wistfulness, yearning |
| Main Entry: | sob story |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard luck story |
| Synonyms: | emotional appeal, hardship tale, heartbreaker, human interest, maudlin plea, pathos, schmaltz, sentimentalism, tale of woe, tearjerker |
| Main Entry: | mush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
| Synonyms: | affectation, gush*, maudlinism, mawkishness, romanticism, schmaltz, sentimentalism, superficiality, tear-jerker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentimentality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagant in emotion |
| Synonyms: | bathos, hokum, schmaltz |
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