Sentimentality
111Sicklier — Sickly Sick ly, a. [Compar. {Sicklier}; superl. {Sickliest}.] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. [1913 Webster] This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Producing, or tending… …
112Sickliest — Sickly Sick ly, a. [Compar. {Sicklier}; superl. {Sickliest}.] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. [1913 Webster] This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Producing, or tending… …
113Sickly — Sick ly, a. [Compar. {Sicklier}; superl. {Sickliest}.] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. [1913 Webster] This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Producing, or tending to,… …
114awash — adjective Date: 1831 1. a. alternately covered and exposed by waves or tide b. washing about ; afloat c. covered with water ; flooded 2. filled, covered, or completely overrun as if by a f …
115gushy — adjective (gushier; est) Date: 1845 marked by effusive sentimentality • gushily adverb • gushiness noun …
116hard-boiled — adjective Date: 1886 1. a. devoid of sentimentality ; tough < a hard boiled drill sergeant > b. of, relating to, or being a detective story featuring a tough unsentimental protagonist and a matter of fact attitude towards violence 2. hardheaded,… …
117lovey-dovey — adjective Date: 1886 expressing much love or sentimentality; also mushy • lovey doveyness noun …
118schmaltz — also schmalz noun Etymology: Yiddish shmalts, literally, rendered fat Date: 1935 1. sentimental or florid music or art 2. sentimentality • schmaltzy adjective …
119sentiment — noun Etymology: French or Medieval Latin; French, from Medieval Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentire Date: 1639 1. a. an attitude, thought, or judgment prompted by feeling ; predilection b. a specific view or notion ; opinion 2. a. emotio …
120sentimentalism — noun Date: 1817 1. the disposition to favor or indulge in sentimentality 2. an excessively sentimental conception or statement • sentimentalist noun …
