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单词 schmaltziness
释义

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.
Thesaurus

schmaltziness

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.
IdiomsSeeschmaltzy

schmaltziness


Related to schmaltziness: schmalzy
  • noun

Synonyms for schmaltziness

noun the quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional

Synonyms

  • bathos
  • maudlinism
  • mawkishness
  • sentimentalism
  • sentimentality
  • mush
  • mushiness
  • schmaltz
  • sloppiness
  • sappiness
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