oversentimental

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ sentimental.

Adjective

oversentimental (comparative more oversentimental, superlative most oversentimental)

  1. Excessively sentimental.
    • 2024, Roz Dineen, Briefly Very Beautiful, Bloomsbury, page 226:
      He looked off into the middle distance in a way that was so ridiculously oversentimental that everyone laughed again.

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