A thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason: An anti-American sentiment swept through the country. See Synonyms at feeling, opinion.
Emotion; feeling: Different forms of music convey different kinds of sentiment.
Tender or romantic feeling.
Maudlin emotion; sentimentality.
The emotional import of a passage as distinct from its form of expression.
The expression of delicate and sensitive feeling, especially in art and literature.