schmaltz

Noun
  1. (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music (synset 104635293)
    referred to in: yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
    is a type of: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness - falsely emotional in a maudlin way
    same as: schmalz, shmaltz

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