sentimentalise
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 2 verb
look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
Don't sentimentalize the past events
Types & categories
- misrepresent hypernym
Related & opposite
- sentimentalization derivation
Sense 3 verb
act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression
Types & categories
- behave hypernym
Related & opposite
- sentimentalization derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sentimentalization |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | misrepresent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sentimentalization |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | behave |