sentiment

Meaning of sentiment

noun
  1. a view or opinion that is held or expressed.
    I agree with your sentiments regarding the road bridge
  2. exaggerated and self-indulgent feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.
    many of the appeals rely on treacly sentiment

late Middle English (in the senses ‘personal experience’ and ‘physical feeling, sensation’): from Old French sentement, from medieval Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentire ‘feel’.

Information about sentiment

Hyphenation of sentiment

sen-ti-ment

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • sentiment is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

sentiment synonyms

Meaning opinion:

opinion, persuasion, view, thought

Meaning an emotional state or reaction:

feeling

Meaning a settled way of thinking or feeling about something:

attitude

Meaning an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof:

belief

Meaning a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action:

idea

Meaning exaggerated and self-indulgent tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia:

sentimentality

Meaning excessively sentimental behaviour, writing, or speech:

sentimentalism

Meaning a strong feeling deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others:

emotion

Meaning the quality of being able to appreciate and respond to complex emotional or aesthetic influences; sensitivity:

sensibility

Meaning gentleness and kindness; kindliness:

tenderness

Meaning the quality of being easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold:

softness

Meaning excessive sentimentality, especially in music or films:

schmaltz

Meaning a soft, wet, pulpy mass:

mush

Meaning partially melted snow or ice:

slush

Meaning lack of care and organization; excessive casualness:

sloppiness

Meaning waste water from a kitchen, bathroom, or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand:

slop

Meaning a sticky or slimy substance:

goo

Meaning the chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats:

corn

Meaning nonsense:

hokum

Meaning a food made from the pressed curds of milk, firm and elastic or soft and semi-liquid in texture:

cheese

Translation of sentiment

Words that rhyme with sentiment

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