HyperDic: shmaltz

English > 1 sense of the word shmaltz:
NOUNattributeshmaltz, schmaltz, schmalz(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
English > shmaltz: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music.
Synonymsschmaltz, schmalz
CategoryYiddishA dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words
Broadermawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppinessfalsely emotional in a maudlin way
Spanishmelifluidad, schmaltz, schmalz
Catalanmelindrositat, mel·lifluositat, schmalz

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