sentimentality in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sentimentality in the English»French Dictionary

sentimentality [Brit ˌsɛntɪmɛnˈtalɪti, Am ˌsɛn(t)əmənˈtælədi] N

sentimentality

sentimentalité f

sentimentality pej

sensiblerie f

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saccharine sentimentality, novel

à l'eau de rose

sugary sentimentality

mièvre

to flirt with sentimentality

friser

to descend into chaos, sentimentality

s'enfoncer dans

to indulge in nostalgia, sentimentality

se complaire dans

Translations for sentimentality in the French»English Dictionary

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sensiblerie

sentimentality pej

sentimentalité

sentimentality

le film ne tombe jamais dans le travers de la sensiblerie

the film never lapses into sentimentality

tomber dans la vulgarité/sensiblerie

to lapse into vulgarity/sentimentality

sentimentality in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sentimentality in the English»French Dictionary

sentimentality [ˌsentɪmenˈtæləti, Am -t̬əmenˈtælət̬i] N no pl pej

sentimentality

sentimentalité f

Translations for sentimentality in the French»English Dictionary

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sensiblerie

sentimentality

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English

And it does so with verve and heart, without sappy sentimentality.

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He attempts to make a stilted phraseology, and weak and sickly sentimentality do duty for genuine emotion.

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He and his students were exponents of the orchestral style of organ playing displaying an unabashed sentimentality.

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Sanders was quoted describing a solo album of his as punk rockredneck sentimentality.

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Another was to capture people doing ordinary activities avoiding romanticism and sentimentality.

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Another describes the album as consistently life-affirming until the end and more importantly, without betraying a hint of sentimentality.

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On the other hand, the film's detractors often point to the same aspects that others found charming, and criticize the film's sentimentality and its melodrama.

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He painted numerous scriptural subjects, at first in oils, later in water-colours also, which caught the vogue for sentimentality, and were popularised by engraving.

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Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner strength.

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They require no sentimentality when breeding amongst each other.

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