sentimentalize

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

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para indicar o ato de tratar algo de forma excessivamente emocional ou nostálgica, muitas vezes distorcendo os fatos.

1. View with excessive emotion C1 formal

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

   • 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.

   🇵🇹Ver com emoção excessiva

   Sinônimos: glamorizeidealizesugarcoatvarnish

   Antônimos: dismissdisparageobjectifyrationalize

2. Make something sentimental C1 formal

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

   • 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.

   🇵🇹Sentimentalizar

   Sinônimos: glorifyidealizesweeten

3. Act in a sentimental manner C1 formal

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

   • 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.

   🇵🇹Agir com sentimentalismo

   Sinônimos: gushmoonrhapsodize