sentimentala.[Cf. F. sentimental.]1. Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic.()Nay, ev'n each moral sentimental stroke,
Where not the character, but poet, spoke,
He lopped, as foreign to his chaste design,
Nor spared a useless, though a golden line. (Whitehead.)2. Inclined to sentiment; having an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the sensibilities for their own sake; artificially or affectedly tender; -- often in a reproachful sense.()A sentimental mind is rather prone to overwrought feeling and exaggerated tenderness. (Whately.)3. Addressed or pleasing to the emotions only, usually to the weaker and the unregulated emotions.()()