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oversentimental

oversentimental adjective: excessively sentimental.

Adjective

oversentimental (comparative more oversentimental, superlative most oversentimental)

  1. Excessively sentimental.
    • He looked off into the middle distance in a way that was so ridiculously oversentimental that everyone laughed again.2024, Roz Dineen, Briefly Very Beautiful, Bloomsbury, page 226

Synonyms of oversentimental

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Forms of oversentimental

comparativemore oversentimental
superlativemost oversentimental

Origin of oversentimental

From over- + sentimental.

Words formed from oversentimental

Questions about oversentimental

What does oversentimental mean?
Oversentimental means excessively sentimental.
What part of speech is oversentimental?
Oversentimental is an adjective.

Words near oversentimental in the dictionary

  1. oversentence
  2. oversentenced
  3. oversentences
  4. oversentencing
  5. oversententious
  6. oversentimental
  7. oversentimentalism
  8. oversentimentality
  9. oversentimentalize
  10. oversentimentalized
  11. oversentimentalizes

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