sentimentalize

• Verbe désignant l'action de traiter quelque chose avec une émotion ou une nostalgie excessives, souvent au point de déformer la réalité, ou de rendre sentimental, idéaliser ou embellir de façon irréaliste.

A verb used to express the act of treating something in an excessively emotional or nostalgic manner, often to the point of distortion.

1. View with excessive emotionC1formal

   To regard or treat something with exaggerated tenderness, nostalgia, or emotion, often ignoring its harsher realities.

   Envisager avec une émotion excessive

   • The film sentimentalizes the hardships of war, making them seem almost romantic.
   • He tends to sentimentalize his childhood, forgetting all the difficult times.
   • Historians warn against sentimentalizing the past.

   Synonymesglamorizeidealizesugarcoatvarnish

   Antonymesdismissdisparageobjectifyrationalize

2. Make something sentimentalC1formal

   To give something a quality of tender emotion or nostalgia, often in an artificial or exaggerated way.

   rendre sentimental

   • The author sentimentalizes the old farmhouse, describing it with excessive fondness.
   • The music sentimentalizes the memory of lost love.
   • They sentimentalized the event by adding too many emotional speeches.

   Synonymesglorifyidealizesweeten

3. Act in a sentimental mannerC1formal

   To behave in a way that shows excessive tender feelings, nostalgia, or emotional indulgence.

   se montrer sentimental

   • She tends to sentimentalize whenever she talks about her grandchildren.
   • Stop sentimentalizing and look at the facts logically.
   • He sentimentalized about the 'good old days' for hours.

   Synonymesgushmoonrhapsodize