SHMALTZIEST Antonyms

• Grim or severe in manner or appearance

• Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy

• devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black

• (used of color) having a dark hue

• absence of light or illumination

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unilluminated area

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

• an unenlightened state

• brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• secret

• showing a brooding ill humor

• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• causing dejection

• not giving performances; closed

• free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

• lacking moisture or volatile components

• opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages

• not producing milk

• (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation

• without a mucous or watery discharge

• a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

• humorously sarcastic or mocking

• not shedding tears

• lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless

• used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones

• unproductive especially of the expected results

• having no adornment or coloration

• (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish

• having a large proportion of strong liquor

• lacking warmth or emotional involvement

• practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages

• remove the moisture from and make dry

• become dry or drier

• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

• with resolute determination

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• not soft or yielding to pressure

• strong and sure

• not subject to revision or change

• (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling

• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

• securely established

• possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

• become taut or tauter

• make taut or tauter

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

• (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

• any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

• a person lacking intelligence or common sense

• easy and not involved or complicated

• apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

• exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

• lacking mental capacity and subtlety

• unornamented

• Not drunk; not intoxicated

• Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol

• Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled

• Dull; not bright or colorful

• Subdued; solemn; grave

• Poor; feeble

• English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766)