Dictionary entries for 'sentiment'

Synonyms

sen·ti·ment (sĕńtə-mənt)

[Middle English sentement, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sentīmentum, from Latin sentīre, to feel.]

noun

A thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason: An anti-American sentiment swept through the country. See synonyms at feeling See synonyms at opinion
1. Emotion; feeling: Different forms of music convey different kinds of sentiment.
2. Tender or romantic feeling.
3. Maudlin emotion; sentimentality.
The emotional import of a passage as distinct from its form of expression.
The expression of delicate and sensitive feeling, especially in art and literature.