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schmaltziness
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.Thesaurusschmaltziness also schmalziness nounInformal. The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:bathos, maudlinism, mawkishness, sentimentalism, sentimentality.Informal: mush, mushiness, schmaltz, sloppiness.Slang: sappiness.IdiomsSeeschmaltzyschmaltziness Related to schmaltziness: schmalzySynonyms for schmaltzinessnoun the quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotionalSynonyms- bathos
- maudlinism
- mawkishness
- sentimentalism
- sentimentality
- mush
- mushiness
- schmaltz
- sloppiness
- sappiness
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