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
  • However, RadarOnline recently reported that the Friends actress allegedly threw a dig at Pitt while gushing about her new boyfriend, Jim Curtis.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Storms can overwhelm the aging facility, which suffered an equipment breakdown in 2021 that led to a massive amount of raw sewage gushing into the Santa Monica Bay.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of gushing
Verb
  • Our young programming team was raving about Rhys Marc Jones’s ‘Black Church Bay,’ a thriller starring Joe Locke, who is also one of our guests.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Recommended by both taste-maker Sasha Mei and our own Leonard, these Techno Taffeta Barrel Pants are what all the fashion insiders are raving about.
    — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of raving
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  • Soon, the whole crew is rhapsodizing on the value of fresh air.
    — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 7 July 2026
  • There’s the Swede promoting the power of ranch dressing, the Italians marveling at fountain drinks with ice and free refills, the English rhapsodizing over chicken parm and just about everyone shouting out the friendliness of the businesses that served them.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Definition of rhapsodizing
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  • 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
  • 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
  • Typical letdown game for a Florida team the national media just spent a week drooling over.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of drooling
Verb
  • Soon, the president of the United States (John Goodman) and his cabinet of fawning nitwits come to Casa Digger — because that’s how powerful Digger is — to plan the response.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • His stature will prevent draftniks from fawning over him, and even opponents aren’t immune to underestimating him in person.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 3 Sep. 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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