| Main Entry: | sentimentalism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
Synonyms: |
bathos, emotionalness, gushiness, maudlinism, maudlinness, mawkishness, melodrama, melodramatics, mushiness, nostalgia, reminiscence, sentiment, triteness |
| 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: | maudlinism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
Synonyms: |
bathos, emotionalness, gushiness, maudlinness, mawkishness, melodrama, melodramatics, mushiness, nostalgia, reminiscence, sentiment, sentimentalism, triteness |
| Main Entry: | mawkishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
Synonyms: |
bathos, emotionalness, gushiness, maudlinism, maudlinness, melodrama, melodramatics, mushiness, nostalgia, reminiscence, sentiment, sentimentalism, triteness |
| Main Entry: | mushiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
Synonyms: |
bathos, emotionalness, gushiness, maudlinism, maudlinness, mawkishness, melodrama, melodramatics, nostalgia, reminiscence, sentiment, sentimentalism, triteness |
| Main Entry: | sappiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
Synonyms: |
bathos, emotionalness, gushiness, maudlinism, maudlinness, mawkishness, melodrama, melodramatics, mushiness, nostalgia, reminiscence, sentiment, sentimentalism, triteness |
| 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: | schmaltziness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
Synonyms: |
bathos, emotionalness, gushiness, maudlinism, maudlinness, mawkishness, melodrama, melodramatics, mushiness, nostalgia, reminiscence, sentiment, sentimentalism, triteness |
| Main Entry: | sloppiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
Synonyms: |
bathos, emotionalness, gushiness, maudlinism, maudlinness, mawkishness, melodrama, melodramatics, mushiness, nostalgia, reminiscence, sentiment, sentimentalism, triteness |