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War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
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Meaning of "sentimentalize" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SENTIMENTALIZE

sentimentalize  [ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəˌlaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENTIMENTALIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sentimentalize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sentimentalize in English.

WHAT DOES SENTIMENTALIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sentimentalize in the English dictionary

The definition of sentimentalize in the dictionary is to make sentimental or behave sentimentally.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SENTIMENTALIZE

PRESENT

Present
I sentimentalize
you sentimentalize
he/she/it sentimentalizes
we sentimentalize
you sentimentalize
they sentimentalize
Present continuous
I am sentimentalizing
you are sentimentalizing
he/she/it is sentimentalizing
we are sentimentalizing
you are sentimentalizing
they are sentimentalizing
Present perfect
I have sentimentalized
you have sentimentalized
he/she/it has sentimentalized
we have sentimentalized
you have sentimentalized
they have sentimentalized
Present perfect continuous
I have been sentimentalizing
you have been sentimentalizing
he/she/it has been sentimentalizing
we have been sentimentalizing
you have been sentimentalizing
they have been sentimentalizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I sentimentalized
you sentimentalized
he/she/it sentimentalized
we sentimentalized
you sentimentalized
they sentimentalized
Past continuous
I was sentimentalizing
you were sentimentalizing
he/she/it was sentimentalizing
we were sentimentalizing
you were sentimentalizing
they were sentimentalizing
Past perfect
I had sentimentalized
you had sentimentalized
he/she/it had sentimentalized
we had sentimentalized
you had sentimentalized
they had sentimentalized
Past perfect continuous
I had been sentimentalizing
you had been sentimentalizing
he/she/it had been sentimentalizing
we had been sentimentalizing
you had been sentimentalizing
they had been sentimentalizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will sentimentalize
you will sentimentalize
he/she/it will sentimentalize
we will sentimentalize
you will sentimentalize
they will sentimentalize
Future continuous
I will be sentimentalizing
you will be sentimentalizing
he/she/it will be sentimentalizing
we will be sentimentalizing
you will be sentimentalizing
they will be sentimentalizing
Future perfect
I will have sentimentalized
you will have sentimentalized
he/she/it will have sentimentalized
we will have sentimentalized
you will have sentimentalized
they will have sentimentalized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sentimentalizing
you will have been sentimentalizing
he/she/it will have been sentimentalizing
we will have been sentimentalizing
you will have been sentimentalizing
they will have been sentimentalizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would sentimentalize
you would sentimentalize
he/she/it would sentimentalize
we would sentimentalize
you would sentimentalize
they would sentimentalize
Conditional continuous
I would be sentimentalizing
you would be sentimentalizing
he/she/it would be sentimentalizing
we would be sentimentalizing
you would be sentimentalizing
they would be sentimentalizing
Conditional perfect
I would have sentimentalize
you would have sentimentalize
he/she/it would have sentimentalize
we would have sentimentalize
you would have sentimentalize
they would have sentimentalize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sentimentalizing
you would have been sentimentalizing
he/she/it would have been sentimentalizing
we would have been sentimentalizing
you would have been sentimentalizing
they would have been sentimentalizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sentimentalize
we let´s sentimentalize
you sentimentalize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sentimentalize
Past participle
sentimentalized
Present Participle
sentimentalizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SENTIMENTALIZE


autolyse
ˈɔːtəˌlaɪz
brutalize
ˈbruːtəˌlaɪz
capitalize
ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz
catalyse
ˈkætəˌlaɪz
compartmentalize
ˌkɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəˌlaɪz
crystalize
ˈkrɪstəˌlaɪz
crystallize
ˈkrɪstəˌlaɪz
digitalize
ˈdɪdʒɪtəˌlaɪz
hospitalize
ˈhɒspɪtəˌlaɪz
immortalize
ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz
metalize
ˈmetəˌlaɪz
metallise
ˈmetəˌlaɪz
recapitalise
riːˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz
recapitalize
riːˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz
recrystallize
riːˈkrɪstəˌlaɪz
revitalize
riːˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz
tantalize
ˈtæntəˌlaɪz
totalise
ˈtəʊtəˌlaɪz
totalize
ˈtəʊtəˌlaɪz
vitalize
ˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENTIMENTALIZE

sentiency
sentient
sentiently
sentiment
sentimental
sentimental value
sentimentalisation
sentimentalise
sentimentalism
sentimentalist
sentimentalities
sentimentality
sentimentalization
sentimentally
sentiments
sentimo
sentinel
sentinel animal
sentinelled
sentinelling

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENTIMENTALIZE

Belize
contextualize
decriminalize
finalize
generalize
idealize
initialize
legalize
localize
marginalize
materialize
nationalize
neutralize
normalize
personalize
rationalize
realize
socialize
specialize
vandalize
visualize

Synonyms and antonyms of sentimentalize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sentimentalize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SENTIMENTALIZE

Find out the translation of sentimentalize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sentimentalize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sentimentalize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

感伤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sentimentalizar
570 millions of speakers

English

sentimentalize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भावुक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عاطفية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sentimentalize
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sentimentalizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sentimentalize
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire du sentiment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sentimentalize
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verkitschen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sentimentalize
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sentimentalize
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sentimentalize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đặt tình cam vào ...
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணர்ச்சி வயப்படு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भावनात्मक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

duygusallaştırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rendere sentimentale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sentimentalize
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sentimentalize
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sentimentalize
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρασύρω σε συναισθηματισμούς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sentimeteren
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sentimentalize
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sentimentalize
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sentimentalize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENTIMENTALIZE»

The term «sentimentalize» is normally little used and occupies the 141.236 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENTIMENTALIZE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sentimentalize

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QUOTES WITH «SENTIMENTALIZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sentimentalize.
1
John McCain
War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENTIMENTALIZE»

Discover the use of sentimentalize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sentimentalize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Grieving the Death of a Friend
Consider the grief-style of Jesus when his friend Lazarus died: When they brought Jesus to the place where his dead friend lay, Jesus wept. It is very easy to sentimentalize the scene and very tempting because to sentimentalize it is to look ...
Harold Ivan Smith
2
In Defense of Sentimentality
We can sentimentalize the situation of the Southern plantation slaves before the Civil War, the patriotic motives of the ''freedom fighters'' in Nicaragua. We can sentimentalize mischievous children who are bound for reform school (or worse),  ...
Austin Robert C. Solomon Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Philosophy University of Texas, 2004
3
Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction: ...
That danger is not persecution or victimization or accusations of hypocrisy, but our own all-too-easy tendency to sentimentalize our faith. To sentimentalize the faith is to instrumentalize it, to make it a tool of our ambitions, our comfort, and our  ...
Rodney Clapp
4
The Ex-Wife's Survival Guide
CHAPTER. SEVENTEEN. Do. Not. Sentimentalize. the. Motives. of. Predatory. Males. Sarah bought some sugared croissants on the way home. She had to ring the doorbell at least three times before she heard a very sleepy voice call out, 'I'm  ...
Debby Holt, 2010
5
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Poetry
We're free to sentimentalize By corners where the martyrs fell.1 By all accounts the 'drunken eyes' and the freedom to 'sentimentalize' the actions of the rebellious Volunteers that Easter week in 1916 had happened within a year or so of the ...
Fran Brearton, Alan Gillis, 2012
6
Emotion and the Arts
We can sentimentalize the situation of the Southern plantation slaves before the Civil War, the virtuous motives of the "freedom fighters" in Nicaragua. We can sentimentalize mischievous children who are bound for reform school (or worse),  ...
Mette Hjort Associate Professor of English Copenhagen Business School, Sue Laver Associate Professor of English Copenhagen Business School, 1997
7
Emerging Visions of the Aesthetic Process: In Psychology, ...
Given that all works can be read in multiple ways, we may sentimentalize the Mono Lisa by reading her smile as a reflection of sweetness rather than a sly, erotic grin, and we can sentimentalize Manet's Little Fifer by focusing on the boy's  ...
Gerald C. Cupchik, Janos László, 1992
8
Rescuing Jesus from the Christians
Beware of the Tendency to Sentimentalize Jesus and the Tendency to Aggrandize Jesus Inquisitive believers can rescue Jesus from the Christians by distinguishing the pre-resurrection Jesus from the post-resurrection Jesus and by realizing ...
Clayton Sullivan, 2002
9
The Illinois
It has ever been the way of the white man in his relation with the Indian, first, to sentimentalize him as a monster until he has been killed off or conquered and, second, to sentimentalize him in retrospect as the "noble savage." This routine ...
James Gray, 1989
10
Traumatic Realism: The Demands of Holocaust Representation
Spiegelman transgresses the sacredness of Auschwitz by depicting in comic strip images his survivor father's suffering and by refusing to sentimentalize the survivor. A phrase from Roth's memoir actually suits Spiegelman's depiction of his ...
Michael Rothberg, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENTIMENTALIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sentimentalize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Amy' the documentary: The ultimate eulogy to Amy Winehouse
Those three simple sentences are powerful enough to cap the heart of “Amy,” a sad and saddening film, without any need to sentimentalize or cash in on its ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jul 15»
2
2003-2015: 12 Years in the Life of One Very Big Borough and One …
It's become common to sentimentalize the Brooklyn of the very recent past; it doesn't take much encouragement before people begin to wax nostalgic about the ... «The L Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Rosy Pink and Silver Inspire This Week's Lifestyle Links
The right balance of pink can sentimentalize and soften a look and interior, especially when combined with a metallic such as silver or a fundamental color such ... «Design & Trend, Jun 15»
4
'Widow' at Ford's: the Grief of Mary Todd Lincoln
She doesn't sentimentalize. Bacon's widow is a monument to grief's pain and confusion and its willfullness, too. She speaks to the audience—to us—often, ... «Georgetowner, Feb 15»
5
The Bill Cosby of Albany
As supporters sentimentalize a man who systematically protected sexual predators over female staff, Silver's legacy comes into horrifying relief: women are ... «Gotham Gazette, Feb 15»
6
Expats Abroad and at Home
That “unapologetically” is due to Stillman's operating outside the usual filmmaking pretenses — Hollywood's peculiar racial politics, which sentimentalize most ... «National Review Online, Sep 14»
7
PlayStation 4 Review: 'Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends'
Eastern mysticism continues to sentimentalize China's Three Kingdoms land conquering brutality. Dynasty Warriors creates K.O.'d enemy counts which rival ... «Blogcritics.org, Apr 14»
8
'Hide Your Smiling Faces': Boys confront a mysterious death
Music tends to sentimentalize coming-of-age movies, even those that are as expertly constructed as “Summer of 42” and “Stand by Me.” But it doesn't have to be ... «The Seattle Times, Apr 14»
9
Re: Tony Benn, RIP
Charlie, much as one might sympathize with the loss suffered by Tony Benn's family and friends, I think that it's important not to sentimentalize his politics. «National Review Online, Mar 14»
10
Life, Death, and All the Rest of the Early AIDS Crisis
Dallas Buyers Club works because it doesn't over-sentimentalize its subject, and for that reason alone, it has quite the emotional impact. cover art ... «PopMatters, Feb 14»

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