sentiment.html - n.
1 a mental feeling (the sentiment of pity).
2 a the sum of what one feels on some subject. b a verbal expression of this.
3 the expression of a view or desire esp. as formulated for a toast (concluded his speech with a sentiment).
4 an opinion as distinguished from the words meant to convey it (the sentiment is good though the words are injudicious).
5 a view or tendency based on or coloured with emotion (animated by noble sentiments).
6 such views collectively, esp. as an influence (sentiment unchecked by reason is a bad guide).
7 the tendency to be swayed by feeling rather than by reason.
8 a mawkish tenderness. b the display of this.
9 an emotional feeling conveyed in literature or art. [ME f. OF sentement f. med.L sentimentum f. L sentire feel]

sentiment.html - adj.
1 of or characterized by sentiment.
2 showing or affected by emotion rather than reason.
3 appealing to sentiment.

sentimental value the value of a thing to a particular person because of its associations.

sentimentalism n. sentimentalist n. sentimentality n. sentimentalize v.intr. & tr. (also -ise). sentimentalization n. sentimentally adv.

sentiment.html - adj.
having the power of perception by the senses.

sentience n. sentiency n. sentiently adv. [L sentire feel]

sentiment.html - n.
1 a mental feeling (the sentiment of pity).
2 a the sum of what one feels on some subject. b a verbal expression of this.
3 the expression of a view or desire esp. as formulated for a toast (concluded his speech with a sentiment).
4 an opinion as distinguished from the words meant to convey it (the sentiment is good though the words are injudicious).
5 a view or tendency based on or coloured with emotion (animated by noble sentiments).
6 such views collectively, esp. as an influence (sentiment unchecked by reason is a bad guide).
7 the tendency to be swayed by feeling rather than by reason.
8 a mawkish tenderness. b the display of this.
9 an emotional feeling conveyed in literature or art. [ME f. OF sentement f. med.L sentimentum f. L sentire feel]

sentiment.html - adj.
1 of or characterized by sentiment.
2 showing or affected by emotion rather than reason.
3 appealing to sentiment.

sentimental value the value of a thing to a particular person because of its associations.

sentimentalism n. sentimentalist n. sentimentality n. sentimentalize v.intr. & tr. (also -ise). sentimentalization n. sentimentally adv.

sentiment.html - n. & v.
--n.

a sentry or lookout.

--v.

tr. (sentinelled, sentinelling; US sentineled, sentineling)
1 station sentinels at or in.
2 poet. keep guard over or in. [F sentinelle f. It. sentinella, of unkn. orig.]