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schmaltz
schmaltz also schmalz S0137700 (shmälts)n.1. Informal a. Excessively sentimental art or music.b. Maudlin sentimentality.2. Liquid fat, especially chicken fat.
[Yiddish shmalts, animal fat, sentimentality, from Middle High German smalz, animal fat, from Old High German; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]
schmaltz′i·ness n.schmaltz′y adj.schmaltz (ʃmælts; ʃmɔːlts) or schmalzn1. excessive sentimentality, esp in music2. (Cookery) US animal fat used in cooking[C20: from German (Schmalz) and Yiddish: melted fat, from Old High German smalz]schmaltz shmaltz (ʃmɑlts, ʃmɔlts)
n. Informal. exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or writing. [1930–35; < Yiddish shmalts or German Schmaltz fat, grease, c. smelt1] schmaltz′y, adj. schmaltz•i•er, schmaltz•i•est. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | schmaltz - (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or musicschmalz, shmaltzsentimentality, drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness - falsely emotional in a maudlin wayYiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script |
schmaltz also schmalz
nounInformal. The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:bathos, maudlinism, mawkishness, sentimentalism, sentimentality.Informal: mush, mushiness, schmaltziness, sloppiness.Slang: sappiness.Translationsschmaltz
schmaltzExcessive or exaggerated sentimentalism, especially in art, music, or writing. Originally from Yiddish. The film is chock-full of schmaltz, to be sure, but it would take a heart of stone not to be moved by it all the same. Her latest romance novel has all the typical schmaltz we've come to expect by this point.schmaltz and shmaltz (ʃmɑlts) n. extreme sentimentality; corny sweetness. (From a Yiddish word meaning fat or oil.) I didn’t like that movie. Too much schmaltz. schmaltz
Synonyms for schmaltznoun the quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotionalSynonyms- bathos
- maudlinism
- mawkishness
- sentimentalism
- sentimentality
- mush
- mushiness
- schmaltziness
- sloppiness
- sappiness
Synonyms for schmaltznoun (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or musicSynonymsRelated Words- sentimentality
- drippiness
- mawkishness
- mushiness
- soupiness
- sloppiness
- Yiddish
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