schmaltz
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9.5
- noun
- /ʃmɔlts/
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sentimentalismo
- His speech was charming, but it had a touch of schmaltz that felt forced.
Examples
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It's almost a given that Hollywood will botch any historical event with schmaltz, sentimentality, inaccuracies, and whitewashing, especially if the area of history is something as momentous as the origins of America.
Blog text (13) -
He was dead set against what you would call 'schmaltz.'
Academic text (2011) -
It's all the same schmaltz
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Uh, real heartfelt moment, but can we please save the schmaltz for later?
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It's an old Viennese schmaltz called "Fascination."
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Learning to trust and to love while dying may seem a well-trod path for novelists, yet there is no sap here, no melodrama, no maudlin schmaltz.
Academic text (2012) -
The movie was filled with schmaltz, making it hard to take the story seriously.
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Critics often complain that the play relies too heavily on schmaltz to appeal to the audience's emotions.
Synonyms
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5.5
A way of showing too much emotion that seems false
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8.0
Very sentimental writing or music that feels too sweet
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7.3
The act of showing very strong feelings, often more than needed
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8.2
Too sentimental music or writing that feels fake
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5.9
A strong show of feeling, often in speech or writing
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8.2
Too much sweetness in writing or music that is not sincere
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7.9
A tendency to show too much tender or nostalgic feeling about the past
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9.5
A feeling of too much fake emotion that seems overly sweet
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6.3
Being too emotional in a way that seems not sincere
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8.8
Too sentimental, shallow art that aims to make people feel strong emotion
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4.9
A feeling that something is silly because it is cheap or too sentimental
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7.2
A person's exaggerated emotional behavior often shown in speech or acting
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5.4
Too much emotion that seems false
Too much emotion in art or music that feels overdone
A feeling of too much sweet emotion in songs or films
A feeling that is too emotional and seems false
A feeling that is too emotional in a story or film
A feeling of being too sad and emotional, often after drinking
Being overly emotional in a way that seems not sincere
A feeling of being silly and fake that others do not take seriously
Antonyms
How Sentimental
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word schmaltz comes from the Yiddish and German word schmalz, which means 'fat' or 'chicken fat'. Just as fat makes food very rich and heavy, emotional schmaltz makes music or films feel too rich and sentimental, which is why the word means 'excessive sentiment'.