sentimental, adjective, /'sɛntə'mɛntl/
1 someone who is sentimental is easily affected by emotions such as love, sympathy, sadness etc, often in a way that seems silly to other people.
She said a sentimental goodbye.
sentimental about
People can be very sentimental about animals.
2 based on or relating to your feelings rather than on practical reasons.
He wasn’t the sort of person who kept things for sentimental reasons.
a sentimental journey to the place of his birth
The rings that were stolen were of great sentimental value (=important because of your feelings or memories relating to them).
3 a story, film, book etc that is sentimental deals with emotions such as love and sadness, sometimes in a way that seems silly and insincere.
a sentimental story set in Russia.
— sentimentally, adverb, /sentə'mentəli/
eloquent, adjective, /'ɛləkwənt/
1 able to express your ideas and opinions well, especially in a way that influences people.
an eloquent appeal for support.
2 showing a feeling or meaning without using words.
The photographs are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war.
— eloquently, adverb, /ˈ ɛlək wəntlɪ/
— eloquence, noun, /'ɛləkwəns/
lyrical, adjective, /'lɪrɪkl/
1 beautifully expressed in words, poetry, or music.
lyrical love poetry.
2 wax lyrical to talk about and praise something in a very eager way.
One fisherman waxed lyrical about the variety of fish in the river.
wane, verb, /wen/
1 if something such as power, influence, or a feeling wanes, it becomes gradually less strong or less important.
My enthusiasm for the project was waning.
The group’s influence had begun to wane by this time.
2 when the moon wanes, you gradually see less of it OPP wax.
wane, noun, /wen/
on the wane becoming smaller, weaker, or less important.
By the fifth century, the power of the Roman Empire was on the wane.
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