Reverent
Reverent adjective - Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration.
Sentimental and reverent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sentimental" instead an adjective "Reverent".
Sentimental
Sentimental adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.
Reverent and sentimental are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reverent" instead an adjective "Sentimental".
Both words in one sentence
- In the 1830s reverent fans of the Bard began to restore Shakespeare's original ending to performances, and the Tate version gradually fell out of favor, increasingly derided by Victorian critics as sentimental and trite.
Source: Deader Than Disco / Theater
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