SENTIMENTALIZE Synonyms

• add details to

• be beautiful to look at

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• make more beautiful

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

• do something to an excessive degree

• praise, glorify, or honor

• bestow glory upon

• elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

• cause to seem more splendid

• consider or render as ideal

• form ideals

• construct a myth

• make into a myth

• present in an overly dramatic manner

• interpret romantically

• make romantic in style

• act in a romantic way

• make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing

• make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features

• make (images or sounds) soft or softer

• lessen in force or effect

• give in, as to influence or pressure

• protect from impact

• make less severe or harsh

• make soft or softer

• become soft or softer

• coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

• cause to appear more pleasant or appealing

• To give something an emotional quality.

• To make an emotional display.

• alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance

• make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities

• look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment

• act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression

• act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression

• act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression