sentimentalizes

/S EH0 N T AH0 M EH1 N T AH0 L AY0 Z IH0 Z/
verb
  1. 1

    To give a sentimental feel to.

    โ€œLet us not sentimentalize things just because they are old. Getting all dewy-eyed about it because it was started in the 17th century doesn't make sense when we're talking about the town dump.โ€

  2. 2

    To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sentimentalize, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sentimentalizes