Qualities
Synonyms for sentimental
The synonym for sentimental recorded in this bank is mushy, in the sense "effusively or insincerely emotional". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for sentimental
- mushyadjective, in the sense "effusively or insincerely emotional"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for sentimental.
effusively or insincerely emotional
Sentimental soap operas.
The true synonym
mushy
Same sentence, swapped: Mushy soap operas.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- devoted
- dizzy
- tender
Where sentimental turns up in the game
sentimental is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where sentimental is the trap
- garrulousadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is chatty, in the sense "excessively talkative, especially about trivial matters", and sentimental is on the board beside it.
- sillyadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is ridiculous, in the sense "inspiring scornful pity", with sentimental sitting one tile away.
- dizzyadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is giddy, in the sense "having or causing a whirling sensation", and sentimental is on the board beside it.
Play sentimental
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sentimental reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company sentimental keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
sentimental is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.