Definition of schmaltzy Schmaltzy
schmaltz•y
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What does schmaltzy mean?
WordNet
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| schmaltzy - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" | ||
| bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy | ||
| emotional of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- schmaltzy (Adjective)
Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.
