Meanings
nounsentimentalist (plural sentimentalists)
plural sentimentalists
- A person who is sentimental.
But Flay, for all his longing to return to his birthplace was no sentimentalist in exile. His thoughts when they turned to the castle were by no means in the nature of reveries.
1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Danish sentimentalist
- sentimentalistperson who is sentimental
Greek αισθηματίας
- αισθηματίας (aisthimatías)person who is sentimental
Norwegian Bokmål sentimentalist
- sentimentalistperson who is sentimental
Portuguese sentimentalista
- sentimentalistaperson who is sentimental
Swedish sentimentalist
- sentimentalistperson who is sentimental
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