SHMALTZ as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
   Synonym(s)
   • mushiness (what does mushiness mean?)
   • schmaltz (what does schmaltz mean?)
   • schmalz (what does schmalz mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) shmaltz is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • mawkishness (what does mawkishness mean?)
   • sentimentality (what does sentimentality mean?)
   • drippiness (what does drippiness mean?)