| NOUN | attribute | schmalz, schmaltz, shmaltz | (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music |
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| Sounds | shmao'lz | |
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| Rhymes | falls ... stalls: 3 rhymes with aolz... | |
| Meaning | (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music. | |
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| Synonyms | schmaltz, shmaltz | |
| 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 | |
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