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sensuous adj. sensory, sybaritic, epicurean, hedonist(ic), sumptuous,
luxurious, rich: She felt sensuous delight in the scents and
sounds of the island.
sentence n. judgement, decision, ruling, verdict, decree, determination;
punishment, Slang rap: It is up to the judge to announce the
sentence of the court. Asked by his teacher for an example of a
short sentence, Johnny replied, 'Thirty days'.
sentiment n. 1 attitude, feeling, sensibility, emotion, susceptibility,
tenderness, tender-heartedness, sentimentality, sentimentalism:
He wanted to preserve the old village square more out of
sentiment than because it was historically important. 2 Often,
sentiments. view, outlook, opinion, position, attitude,
judgement, thought, belief, feeling, emotion: His sentiments
regarding apartheid are better left unexpressed.
sentimental
adj. 1 emotional, sympathetic, compassionate, tender,
warm-hearted, tender-hearted: Has he returned for sentimental
reasons or for practical and mercenary ones? 2 romantic,
nostalgic, emotional, maudlin, mawkish, over-emotional, tender,
tearful, weepy, sickening, nauseating, simpering, sweet,
saccharine, Colloq sloppy, gooey, sticky, tacky, mushy, slushy,
gushy, soppy, drippy, tear-jerking, ill-making, sick-making,
Slang corny, schmaltzy, icky, yucky or yukky: His last tune is
always some sentimental ballad like 'Good Night, Sweetheart'.
sentimentality
n. romanticism, nostalgia, pathos, emotionalism, maudlinism,
bathos, mawkishness, over-emotionalism, tenderness, tearfulness,
weepiness, sweetness, Colloq sloppiness, gooeyness, mushiness,
slushiness, gushiness, soppiness, drippiness, US stickiness,
tackiness, Slang corn, corniness, schmaltz, schmaltziness,
ickiness, yuckiness or yukkiness: The role of the bereaved
mother was overplayed with enough gushing sentimentality to make
one sick.
sentinel n. sentry, guard, watchman, watch, picket, lookout, patrol:
The sentinels measured out the ramparts of the fortress with
their regular paces.
separable adj. distinguishable, segregable, detachable, divisible,