sen·ti·men·tal·ize sentimentalizes sentimentalizing sentimentalized in BRIT, also use sentimentalise If you sentimentalize something, you make it seem sentimental or think about it in a sentimental way. He seems either to fear women or to sentimentalize them He's the kind of filmmaker who doesn't hesitate to over-sentimentalize. Rupert Brooke's sentimentalised glorification of war. to speak, write, or think about only the good or happy things about something, not the bad things
make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities; "Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind"; "These experiences have sentimentalized her
look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events" make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities; "Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind"; "These experiences have sentimentalized her