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Sentimentalize

verb
1.
Look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment.  Synonym: sentimentalise.
2.
Make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities.  Synonym: sentimentalise.  "These experiences have sentimentalized her"
3.
Act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression.  Synonyms: sentimentalise, sentimentise, sentimentize.






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"Sentimentalize" Quotes from Famous Books



... man, or a black who suffers from such a punishment in his soul as well as his body, this is all very well. But the safari man expects it, it doesn't hurt his feelings in the least, it is ancient custom. As well sentimentalize over necessary schoolboy punishment, or over father paddy-whacking little Willie when little Willie has been a bad boy. The chances are your porter will leap to his feet, crack his heels together and depart with a whoop of joy, grinning from ear to ear. Or he may draw ...
— The Land of Footprints • Stewart Edward White



Words linked to "Sentimentalize" :   sentimentise, do, change, alter, modify, behave, act, sentimentalise, sentimentize, misrepresent, belie, sentimentalization



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