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sentiment [sɑ̃timɑ̃]masculine nouna. ( = émotion) feeling• sentiment de pitié/culpabilité/haine feeling of pity/guilt/hatredb. ( = conscience) avoir le sentiment que quelque chose va arriver to have a feeling that something is going to happen ; (formule de politesse) transmettez-lui nos meilleurs sentiments give him our best wishesc. ( = opinion) feeling• quel est votre sentiment ? what are your feelings?* * *sɑ̃timɑ̃nom masculin1) gén feeling2) ( inclination) feeling, sentiment soutles beaux or bons sentiments — fine sentiments
sentiments affectueux or amicaux — best wishes
veuillez croire à mes sentiments les meilleurs — ( à une personne non nommée) yours faithfully; ( à une personne nommée) yours sincerely
* * *sɑ̃timɑ̃ nm1) (= émotion) feelingfaire du sentiment péjoratif — to be sentimental
partir d'un bon sentiment; procéder d'un bon sentiment — to be well-intentioned
2) (= conscience, impression)avoir le sentiment de (suivi d'un nom) J'ai le sentiment d'une profonde injustice. — I feel there's been a great injustice done.
Tous ont le sentiment d'une victoire méritée. — They all feel it was a well-deserved victory., (suivi d'un verbe)
Ils ont le sentiment d'avoir été trompés. — They feel they've been wronged.
avoir le sentiment que — to feel (that), to have the feeling that
Nous avons eu le sentiment que le résultat en soi n'avait pas d'importance. — We felt that the result was not important in itself.
recevez mes sentiments respectueux (le nom du destinataire est inconnu) — yours faithfully, (le nom du destinataire est mentionné) yours sincerely
* * *sentiment nm1 ( sensation) feeling; éprouver un sentiment d'injustice/de lassitude to have a feeling of injustice/of tiredness;2 ( sensibilité) feeling; il est incapable de sentiment he's incapable of feeling ou emotion; avec beaucoup de sentiment [chanter, jouer] with great feeling; agir par sentiment plus que par raison to be guided by one's feelings rather than by reason; faire du sentiment to sentimentalize; tu ne m'auras pas au sentiment○! you won't get round GB ou around US me like that!; n'essaie pas de me le faire au sentiment○ don't try to get round GB ou around US me; il ne fait pas de sentiment en affaires he doesn't let sentiment get in the way of business; pas de sentiment, soyons réalistes! let's put feelings aside and be realistic!;3 ( connaissance intuitive) le sentiment de la nature/beauté a feeling for nature/beauty; le sentiment religieux religious feeling; avoir le sentiment de sa force/faiblesse to have a sense of one's own strength/weakness; j'ai le sentiment de comprendre I feel that I understand; j'ai le sentiment d'être suivi/qu'on m'observe I've got the feeling (that) I'm being followed/that I'm being watched; j'ai le sentiment qu'il va pleuvoir I've got a feeling it's going to rain; donner le sentiment de faire/qu'on fait to give the impression of doing/that one does;4 ( inclination) feeling, sentiment sout; cacher ses sentiments to hide one's feelings; sentiments généreux generous feelings; sentiments nobles noble sentiments; les beaux or bons sentiments fine sentiments; être animé de bons/mauvais sentiments to have good/bad intentions; prendre qn par les sentiments to appeal to sb's better nature;5 ( opinion) feeling; le sentiment général est que the general feeling is that; sentiment sur feeling about ou on; donner son sentiment sur qch to state one's feelings about sth;6 ( dans les formules épistolaires) sentiments affectueux or amicaux best wishes; veuillez croire à mes sentiments dévoués or les meilleurs ( à une personne non nommée) yours faithfully; ( à une personne nommée) yours sincerely.[sɑ̃timɑ̃] nom masculin1. [émotion] feelingle sentiment religieux religious feeling ou fervour[sensiblerie] (silly) sentimentalism3. [opinion] feeling4. [conscience]avoir le/un sentiment de to have the/a feeling of————————sentiments nom masculin pluriel1. [disposition]faire appel aux bons sentiments de quelqu'un to appeal to somebody's better ou finer feelingsramener quelqu'un à de meilleurs sentiments to bring somebody round to a more generous point of view2. [dans la correspondance]
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Sentimentalize — Sen ti*men tal*ize, v. t. To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sentimentalize — [sen΄təment′ l īz΄] vi. sentimentalized, sentimentalizing to be sentimental; think or behave in a sentimental way vt. to regard or treat in a sentimental way [to sentimentalize war] sentimentalization n … English World dictionary
Sentimentalize — Sen ti*men tal*ize, v. i. To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility. C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sentimentalize — (Amer.) ,sen·ti men·tal·ize || ‚sentɪ mentÉ™laɪz v. treat sentimentally, ascribe sentimental qualities; behave sentimentally, express exaggerated emotions (also sentimentalise) … English contemporary dictionary
sentimentalize — [[t]se̱ntɪme̱ntəlaɪz[/t]] sentimentalizes, sentimentalizing, sentimentalized VERB If you sentimentalize something, you make it seem sentimental or think about it in a sentimental way. [V n] He seems either to fear women or to sentimentalize them … English dictionary
sentimentalize — v. (D; intr.) to sentimentalize about, over * * * [ˌsentɪ mentəlaɪz] over (D; intr.) to sentimentalize about … Combinatory dictionary
sentimentalize — UK [ˌsentɪˈment(ə)ˌlaɪz] / US [ˌsentɪˈment(ə)lˌaɪz] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms sentimentalize : present tense I/you/we/they sentimentalize he/she/it sentimentalizes present participle sentimentalizing past tense sentimentalized… … English dictionary
sentimentalize — verb To give a sentimental feel for. Let us not sentimentalize things just because they are old. Getting all dewy eyed about it because it was started in the 17th century doesnt make sense when were talking about the town dump … Wiktionary
sentimentalize — sen|ti|ment|al|ize also sentimentalise BrE [ˌsentıˈmentl aız] v [I and T] to speak, write, or think about only the good or happy things about something, not the bad things ▪ novels that sentimentalize the past … Dictionary of contemporary English
sentimentalize — sen|ti|men|tal|ize [ ,sentı ment,laız ] verb intransitive or transitive to think about or describe something in a way that is emotional and not based on reason: People sometimes find it hard not to sentimentalize life during the war … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sentimentalize — sentimental ► ADJECTIVE 1) deriving from or prone to feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia. 2) having or arousing such feelings in an exaggerated and self indulgent way. ● sentimental value Cf. ↑sentimental value DERIVATIVES… … English terms dictionary