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over-sentimental

adjective as in cloying

adjective as in cloying

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Over-sentimental and apt to cloy, it is eminently poetical and full of melody.

His sudden and unexpected meeting with Helen and their talk together had tended to make him over-sentimental, that was all.

This poem is a rather successful bit of ridicule cast on the over-sentimental who sought to follow Yoricks foot-prints.

Life was quite gloomy enough as it was, without going out of one's way to cry one's eyes out over sentimental plays.

So the best of it is over-sentimental, timid, and does not point to hardy, manly life.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over-sentimental, such as: gooey, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, and syrupy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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