sentimentalize

Verb (usu participle)

sen=ti=men=tal=ize

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sentimentalize(v = verb.change) sentimentalise - look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events"

is one way to belie, misrepresent

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

sentimentalize(v = verb.change) sentimentalise - make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities; "Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind"; "These experiences have sentimentalized her"

is one way to alter, change, modify

Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

sentimentalize(v = verb.body) sentimentalise, sentimentise, sentimentize - act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression; Array

is one way to act, behave, do

Derived form noun sentimentalization₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

sentimentalize, v. t.

To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject. [1913 Webster]

sentimentalize, v. i.

To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility. C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]

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