Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun schmaltz

1 sense of schmaltz

Sense 1
schmaltz, shmaltz, schmalz -- ((Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music)
       => mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness -- (falsely emotional in a maudlin way)