Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sentimentalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: sen-ti-men-tal-ize
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give a sentimental feel to.

Transitive verb

verb

To think or act in a sentimental manner; to get sentimental.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Let us not sentimentalize things just because they are old. Getting all dewy-eyed about it because it was started in the 17th century doesn't make sense when we're talking about the town dump."
"he learnt to sentimentalize over cathedrals and monasteries , pictures and statues , saints and kaisers"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin sentimentumder. Old French sentementder. English sentiment English -al English sentimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sentimentalize From sentimental + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sentimentalizes (present, singular) sentimentalizing (participle, present) sentimentalized (participle, past) sentimentalized (past)

Derived Forms

oversentimentalize sentimentalizer unsentimentalized

Synonyms

sentimentalise sentimentize sentimentise

Questions

What does sentimentalize mean?: To give a sentimental feel to.
Where does sentimentalize come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin sentimentumder. Old French sentementder. English sentiment English -al English sentimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sentimentalize From sentimental + -ize.

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