sentimentalizing

verb

present participle of sentimentalize
as in gushing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentimentalizing
  1. gushing
  2. raving
  3. rhapsodizing
  4. slobbering
  5. drooling
  6. fawning
  7. fussing
Verb
  • Throughout dinner, we’re interrupted by patrons ranging from Bessent—who stops by and offers a warm greeting—to a number of people who arrive in succession and appear to be gushing fans of the anchor, though Baier recognizes all of them by name.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Nearby, the Elk Falls Suspension Bridge provides a stunning viewing platform of a gushing waterfall below.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of gushing
Verb
  • Parents, wedding photographers, pet owners, and more can’t stop raving about it.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
  • After that, the NFL put out another video that showed Chiefs rookie cornerback Mansoor Delane raving about Kelce.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of raving
Verb
  • Israeli startups worth a few billion dollars can’t get the attention of investors rhapsodizing about trillion-dollar IPOs from SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Soon, the whole crew is rhapsodizing on the value of fresh air.
    — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 7 July 2026
Definition of rhapsodizing
Verb
  • Far too many bio-pics are mere exercises in slobbering idol worship, and most of them are made and marketed on the strength of a physical resemblance between star and subject.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Hijinks ensue, but no actual harm comes to big, slobbering Beethoven.
    — Camille Perri, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Definition of slobbering
Verb
  • Mix these finds into your work wardrobe or your off-duty ensembles—they’re versatile enough to do it all, and the festive palette is worth drooling over.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2026
  • There was one of Melissa Gorga’s sprinkle cookies ground into the carpet, and there was Kelsey Swanson, passed out under the piano and drooling on the parquet.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of drooling
Verb
  • For other competitors in the accessible luxury market, Longchamp offers a valuable case study in bucking the trend of excessively fawning Gen Z content, at a time when luxury is at risk of losing its hold on youth culture.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • There was fawning coverage in international news outlets, and Bette Midler even wrote an entire mandarin duck picture book.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of fawning
Verb
  • Similar to Egypt after its collapse earlier in the week, Switzerland exited fussing about the officiating.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • Yes, teaching by example is often a better way of handling a challenge than fussing about it.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Definition of fussing
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“Sentimentalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentimentalizing. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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