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schmaltz::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | schmalz, shmaltz |
| Type of | mawkishness, mushiness, drippiness, sloppiness, soupiness, sentimentality |
Examples of schmaltz
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Occasionally she seems blissfully unaware of her own susceptibility to schmaltz.
From the nytimes.com
The Bachelor's season finale on March 12 ended in typical over-the-top schmaltz.
From the businessweek.com
The Bolognese had enlivened the Games with serendipity and irresistible schmaltz.
From the time.com
When ready to make soup, in a large soup pot, heat schmaltz over medium-high heat.
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Away from the epic schmaltz of his Christmas No 1, Cardle seems a much happier man.
From the guardian.co.uk
Not fevered schmaltz, but an oboe-woodwind sound that was collaboration at its best.
From the kentucky.com
It's a great period story without all that tiresome Little Lord Fauntleroy schmaltz.
From the guardian.co.uk
I ordered three schmaltz herring, a container of whitefish salad, 10 bialys.
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Other songs, though, muffle their impact in a generalised sort of schmaltz.
From the independent.co.uk
- (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
- (schmaltzy) bathetic: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
- Schmaltz or schmalz is rendered pork, chicken or goose fat used for frying or as a spread on bread, especially in German and Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine.
- (Yid.) fat, grease, oil; maudlin sentimentality
