Associations to the word «Sentimentalize»

Wiktionary

SENTIMENTALIZE, verb. (transitive) To give a sentimental feel to.
SENTIMENTALIZE, verb. (intransitive) To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility.

Dictionary definition

SENTIMENTALIZE, verb. Look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events".
SENTIMENTALIZE, verb. Make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities; "Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind"; "These experiences have sentimentalized her".
SENTIMENTALIZE, verb. Act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats