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sentimentalise

sentimentalise is the alternative spelling of sentimentalize.

Meaning of sentimentalize

Verb

sentimentalize (third-person singular simple present sentimentalizes, present participle sentimentalizing, simple past and past participle sentimentalized)

  1. (transitive) To give a sentimental feel to.
    • Let us not sentimentalize things just because they are old. Getting all dewy-eyed about it because it was started in the 17th century doesn't make sense when we're talking about the town dump.
  2. (intransitive) To think or act in a sentimental manner; to get sentimental.
    • he learnt to sentimentalize over cathedrals and monasteries , pictures and statues , saints and kaisers1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC

Forms of sentimentalise

third-person singular presentsentimentalises
present participlesentimentalising
past participlesentimentalised
pastsentimentalised

Questions about sentimentalise

What is sentimentalise the alternative spelling of?
Sentimentalise is the alternative spelling of sentimentalize.

Words near sentimentalise in the dictionary

  1. sentimental comedy
  2. sentimental value
  3. sentimental values
  4. sentimentalisation
  5. sentimentalisations
  6. sentimentalise
  7. sentimentalised
  8. sentimentaliser
  9. sentimentalisers
  10. sentimentalises
  11. sentimentalising

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