HyperDic: schmaltzy

English > 1 sense of the word schmaltzy:
ADJECTIVEallschmaltzy, bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushyeffusively or insincerely emotional
English > schmaltzy: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningeffusively or insincerely emotional.
Example "a schmaltzy song"
Synonymsbathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy
BroaderemotionalOf more than usual emotion
Spanishlloraduelos, llorica, remilgado, sensiblero, sentimentaloide
Catalanllagrimós, sentimental

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