schmaltzy
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schmaltz
also schmalz (shmälts)n.
1. Informal
a. Excessively sentimental art or music.
b. Maudlin sentimentality.
2. Liquid fat, especially chicken fat.
[Yiddish shmalts, animal fat, sentimentality, from Middle High German smalz, animal fat, from Old High German; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]
schmaltz′i·ness n.
schmaltz′y adj.
schmaltzy
(ʃmæltsɪ; ʃmɔːltsɪ) orschmalzy
adj, -ier or -iest
excessively sentimental
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" |
schmaltzy
adjective sentimental, sloppy (informal), corny (slang), cheesy (informal), mushy (informal), soppy (informal), gooey (informal), cloying, maudlin, slushy (informal), mawkish, tear-jerking, icky (informal), bathetic, overemotional A schmaltzy weep-along if ever there was one!
schmaltzy
also schmalzyadjective
Translations
sladký
drivende sentimental
siirappinen
sentimentalan
いやにセンチメンタルな
감상적인
sentimental
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