| Main Entry: | schmaltz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
Synonyms: |
bathos, emotionalness, gushiness, maudlinism, maudlinness, mawkishness, melodrama, melodramatics, mushiness, nostalgia, reminiscence, sentiment, sentimentalism, triteness |
| Main Entry: | bathos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
Synonyms: |
anticlimax, comedown, letdown, melodrama, mush, schmaltz |
| Notes: | bathos is an abrupt, unintended transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace while pathos is a quality that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow |
| Main Entry: | nostalgia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant remembrances |
Synonyms: |
fond memories, hearts and flowers, homesickness, longing, pining, reminiscence, remorse, schmaltz, sentimentality, tear-jerker, wistfulness, yearning |
| Main Entry: | sob story |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard luck story |
Synonyms: |
emotional appeal, hardship tale, heartbreaker, human interest, maudlin plea, pathos, schmaltz, sentimentalism, tale of woe, tearjerker |
| Main Entry: | mush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
Synonyms: |
affectation, gush*, maudlinism, mawkishness, romanticism, schmaltz, sentimentalism, superficiality, tear-jerker |
| Main Entry: | sentimentality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagant in emotion |
Synonyms: |
bathos, hokum, schmaltz |