sentimental

sentimental, affectif

Lié aux sentiments, notamment à l’affection ou aux souvenirs de personnes et d’événements.

En anglais simple : Connected with feelings, especially affection or memories of people and events.

• The ring has sentimental value.
• Looking at old photographs made him sentimental.
• I keep this coat for sentimental reasons.

Comment l'utiliser : sentimental about something (She gets sentimental about her childhood home.)

Synonymes : emotional

Expressions courantes : sentimental value, sentimental attachment, sentimental mood

sentimental, larmoyant

Qui exprime ou suscite beaucoup de tendresse et d’émotion, parfois de manière excessive ou peu naturelle.

En anglais simple : Showing or encouraging strong, gentle feelings, sometimes more than seems sensible or natural.

• The film is too sentimental.
• He gave a sentimental speech that made everyone cry.
• Her latest songs are less sentimental than her earlier work.

Synonymes : soppy, mawkish

Contraires : unsentimental

Expressions courantes : sentimental film, sentimental story, sentimental song

romantique

Lié à l’amour et aux sentiments romantiques.

En anglais simple : Connected with love and romantic feelings.

• He wrote her a sentimental letter.
• Their sentimental walks always ended beside the river.
• The poem describes a young couple’s sentimental love.

Synonymes : romantic

Expressions courantes : sentimental love, sentimental letter, sentimental evening