Meaning of sentiment | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A general thought, feeling, or sense
2. A general thought, feeling, or sense.
   countable, uncountable
3. tender feeling or emotion. a song full of patriotic sentiment. gevoel, emosie شُعور رَقيق، عاطِفَه чувство sentimento cit die Sentimentalität følelse αίσθημαsentimiento tunne مهر mieliala sentiment רְגָשוֹת भावना osjećaj, čuvstvo érzelem perasaan tilfinning sentimento 感情 감정 jausmas jūtas sentimen gevoelfølelseuczucie احساس: عاطفه، جذبات، احساسات: عقيده، مزړه خبره: زړه سواندى، خواخوږي: خيال، تصور sentimento sen­timent чувство cit čustvo osećaj känsla, känslosamhet รู้สึกอ่อนไหว; อารมณ์ duygu, ...
4. Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind
5. Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.
   uncountable
6. sentimenteel عاطِفِيّا сантиментално sentimentalmente citově sentimental sentimentalt; følelsesmæssigt συναισθηματικά sentimentalmente sentimentaalselt از لحاظ عاطفي tunteellisesti sentimentalement בְּרַגשָׁנוּת भावुकता से, भावजन्यता से sentimentalno érzelmesen secara sentimental tilfinningalega sentimentalmente 感傷的に 감상, 감정적으로 sentimentaliai sentimentāli dengan cara yang sentimental sentimenteelsentimentalt uczuciowo په زړه سواندۍ دجذباتو له مخې sentimentalmente sentimental сентиментально cit...
7. sentiment عاطِفِيَّه сантименталност sentimentalismo rozcitlivělost die Sentimentalität sentimentalitet συναισθηματισμόςsentimentalismo sentimentaalsus احساساتي بودن tunteellisuus sentimentalité רַגשָׁנוּת भावुकता, भावप्रवणता sentimentalnost, osjećajnost érzelgősség sentimentalitas tilfinningasemi sentimentalità 感傷 감정적인, 감상적인 생각 sentimentalumas sentimentalitāte sikap sentimental sentimentaliteitføleri, sentimentalitet uczuciowość ذباتي توب،احساساتي توب، دخواخوږۍ ښوونه sentimentalidade sentime...
8. sentimiento.
9. A thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason: An anti-American sentiment swept through the country. See Synonyms at view.
10. Emotion; feeling: Different forms of music convey different kinds of sentiment.
11. The thought or emotion that underlies a remark or gesture: The child's gift was ridiculous, but the sentiment behind it moved the mother to tears.
12. The expression of delicate and sensitive feeling, especially in art and literature.
13. susceptibility to tender, delicate, or romantic emotion: she has too much sentiment to be successful.
14. (often plural) a thought, opinion, or attitude
    often plural

Equivalents

Examples

“The sentiment emerged that we were acting too soon.”

“"Now, my dear young friend," continued the bookseller, "you seem fond of reason; let me talk a little reason to you. Here, take your pamphlet again: there is good material in it, but it requires the making up. Leave out some of your arguments, and throw in a few sentiments,—something about free-born Britons and wooden shoes! Englishmen like to have a few sentiments ready for after-dinner use, in case of a speech...”

“The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.”

“Near-synonyms: feels; maudlinness”

“Good decision-making is not governed by mere sentiment.”

“To do the job thoroughly sentiment must be ignored and it seems inevitable that the famous Great Hall and the Doric Arch will have to be sacrificed to progress.”

“Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.”

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