oversentimental

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adjective

Excessively sentimental.

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Meanings

adjectiveoversentimental (comparative more oversentimental, superlative most oversentimental)

comparative more oversentimental · superlative most oversentimental

  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

    Synonyms: bathetic, maudlin, overemotional, bathetic, cheesy, squishy, corny, drippy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExcessively sentimental.

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Origin

From over- + sentimental.

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APA

oversentimental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversentimental

MLA

“oversentimental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversentimental. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversentimental,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversentimental.

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