Sentimental | Mean of sentimental in English Dictionary

/ˌsɛntəˈmɛntl̟/

• based on, showing, or resulting from feelings or emotions rather than reason or thought
1. He has a sentimental attachment to his old high school.
2. She saved her wedding gown for sentimental reasons.
3. He has sentimental ideas about the past.
4. They took a sentimental journey to England, the country where they had met.
5. I keep this picture because it has sentimental value for me.
• appealing to the emotions especially in an excessive way
1. a sentimental melodrama
• having or expressing strong feelings of love, sadness, etc., in a way that may seem foolish or excessive
1. a sentimental person
2. I tend to get very sentimental when I think about my childhood.