schmaltz (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *schmaltz*:
NOUN	attribute	schmaltz, shmaltz, schmalz	(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music

schmaltz > pronunciation
Sounds	shmaa'lts

English > *schmaltz*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music.
Synonyms	shmaltz, schmalz
Category	Yiddish	A dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words
Broader	mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness	falsely emotional in a maudlin way
Spanish	melifluidad, schmaltz, schmalz
Catalan	melindrositat, mel·lifluositat, schmalz

HyperDic: schmaltz