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oversentimental en · ADJ

Etymology

From over- + sentimental.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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more oversentimental Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most oversentimental Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

oversentimentality · oversentimentally

Synonyms

treacly · slushy · soupy · sickly sweet · drippy · maudlin · bathetic · cheesy · maudlin · mushy · bathetic · overwrought · gooey · corny · icky · sappy · soppy · mawkish · hokey · syrupy · kitsch · overemotional · oversentimental · overemotional · squishy · kitschy · schmaltzy