sentimental
too strongly shaped by tender feeling
Root
- sent / sens: feel, sense, perceive, or think
Other words with the sent / sens root
- dissent: to disagree or hold a different opinion
- insensible: unable to feel, notice, or respond
- sensation: a feeling or perception
- sensational: exciting, dramatic, or meant to stir feeling
- sense: feeling or perception
- sentiment: feeling or opinion
Sentimental feeling can be sincere, but the word often suggests feeling has started to soften judgment.
The ending was sentimental enough to make even the critic smile, though she still marked it excessive.