sentimentalize

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

• 🇨🇳动词，指对某事物投入过度情感或怀旧情绪地看待或描述，往往扭曲事实。

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.

   🇨🇳过分感情化地看待

   同义词: glamorizeidealizesugarcoatvarnish

   反义词: 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.

   🇨🇳感伤化

   同义词: 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.

   🇨🇳感情用事

   同义词: gushmoonrhapsodize