sentimental

Definitions

Of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.

Excessively prone to feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.

Appealing to the emotions rather than to reason.

Examples

She kept the old letters in a shoebox for sentimental reasons.

It was a sentimental moment when he finally returned to his childhood home.

He is far too sentimental to throw away any of his children's old drawings.

Synonyms

emotional nostalgic maudlin mushy tender romantic affectionate

Antonyms

unsentimental pragmatic callous hard-hearted unemotional cynical objective