Gooeyness
Gooeyness noun - The state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion).
Usage example: prefers the darkness of the original Grimms' fairy tales to the gooeyness of the modern cartoon versions
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Schmaltz
Schmaltz noun - Something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental.
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Gooeyness and schmaltz are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gooeyness" instead a noun "Schmaltz".
Nearby Word: schmaltzy
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Related pairs
- sentiment and gooeyness
- sentiment and schmaltz
- emotion and gooeyness
- emotion and schmaltz
- sentimentality and gooeyness
- sentimentality and schmaltz
- mush and gooeyness
- mush and schmaltz
- corn and gooeyness
- corn and schmaltz
- bathos and gooeyness
- bathos and schmaltz
- mawkishness and gooeyness
- mawkishness and schmaltz
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