schmaltzy
adjective
informaldisapproving(alsoschmalzy)uk/ˈʃmɒlt.si/us/ˈʃmɑːlt.si/A schmaltzysong,book,film, etc. isintendedto makepeoplefeelromanticorsadbut has norealartisticvalue:
schmaltzylovesongs
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schmaltz
- Ithoughtof Valentine'sDayas a schmaltzywasteofpaper.
- Thisbookis so schmaltzy.
- Itsoundsschmaltzy but he says it withtremendouswarmth.
- Theysangschmaltzyballadsatweddingreceptions.
Sentimental and over-emotional
- cloying
- cloyingly
- gauzily
- mawkish
- mawkishly
- mushy
- sappy
- schmaltz
- sentimental
- sentimentalist
- sickly
- sloppiness
- sloppy
- slush
- slushy
- soppily
- soppiness
- soppy
- syrupy
- tweeness