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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
| Synonyms: | bathos, emotionalness, gushiness, maudlinism, maudlinness, mawkishness, melodrama, melodramatics, mushiness, nostalgia, reminiscence, sentiment, triteness |
| Main Entry: | mush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
| Synonyms: | affectation, gush*, maudlinism, mawkishness, romanticism, schmaltz, sentimentalism, superficiality, tear-jerker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
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