schmaltz

Meaning of schmaltz

noun
  1. excessive sentimentality, especially in music or films.
    at the end of the film the audience are drowned in a sea of schmaltz
    romantic schmaltz

1930s: from Yiddish shmaltz, from German Schmalz ‘dripping, lard’.

Information about schmaltz

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of schmaltz

schmaltz

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • schmaltz is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

schmaltz synonyms

Meaning shmaltz:

shmaltz, schmalz

Words that rhyme with schmaltz

Maltz, shmaltz, smaltz, Saltz, waltz

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