schmaltz
Meaning of schmaltz
noun
- 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
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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
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Words that rhyme with schmaltz
Maltz, shmaltz, smaltz, Saltz, waltz
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