sentiment
/ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/
sentiment noun: a general thought, feeling, or sense.
Noun
sentiment (countable and uncountable, plural sentiments)
- A general thought, feeling, or sense.
- The sentiment emerged that we were acting too soon.
- "Now, my dear young friend," continued the bookseller, "you seem fond of reason; let me talk a little reason to you. Here, take your pamphlet again: there is good material in it, but it requires the making up. Leave out some of your arguments, and throw in a few sentiments,—something about...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Publishing”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 15
- Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.
- Near-synonyms: feels; maudlinness
- Good decision-making is not governed by mere sentiment.
- Synonyms:
- feels, maudlinness
sentiment meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
sentiment in Tamil
- உணர்ச்சிவயக் கருத்து, மென்னய உணர்ச்சி, பாச உணர்வு, நாடகம், ரசிகனைக் கவரும் உத்தி, ஆள்
sentiment in Marathi
- sentiment
- भावना bhāvanā
- sentiment; cast of mind
- मनोवृत्ती manovruttī
sentiment in Urdu
- حس, جذبہ, رائے
sentiment in Bengali
- অনুভূতি, রস, ভাবপ্রবণতা
More languagesFewer languages
- sentiment in Malayalam
- മനോവികാരം, വൈകാരികഭാവം, ചിന്ത, വികാരം
- sentiment in Kannada
- ಒಣ oṇa
- sentiment in Tagalog
- sentimyento
- sentiment in Arabic
- عَاطِفَة ʕāṭifa
- sentiment in Indonesian
- sentimen
Examples of sentiment in a sentence
- Leave out some of your arguments, and throw in a few sentiments,—something about free-born Britons and wooden shoes!1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Publishing”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […]...
- To do the job thoroughly sentiment must be ignored and it seems inevitable that the famous Great Hall and the Doric Arch will have to be sacrificed to progress.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:
Synonyms of sentiment
Forms of sentiment
| plural | sentiments |
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Origin of sentiment
From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.
Words formed from sentiment
Phrases with sentiment
Questions about sentiment
- What does sentiment mean?
- Sentiment means a general thought, feeling, or sense.
- What is sentiment in Tamil?
- Sentiment in Tamil is உணர்ச்சிவயக் கருத்து, மென்னய உணர்ச்சி, பாச உணர்வு. See Sentiment meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use sentiment in a sentence?
- Leave out some of your arguments, and throw in a few sentiments,—something about free-born Britons and wooden shoes!
- What part of speech is sentiment?
- Sentiment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sentiment?
- Sentiment is pronounced /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/.
- What is the plural of sentiment?
- The plural of sentiment is sentiments.
Words near sentiment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sentiment (page history and authors); sentiment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भावना (Marathi) (page history and authors); sentiment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sentiment (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sentiment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಒಣ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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