schmaltzy

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schmaltz

also schmalz (shmälts)

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) or

schmalzy

adj, -ier or -iest

excessively sentimental

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Adj.

schmaltzy - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

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 schmalzy
adjective

Informal. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional:

bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy.

Informal: gooey, mushy, sloppy, soupy.

Slang: drippy, sappy, tear-jerking.

Translations

عَاطِفِيّ

sladký

drivende sentimental

larmoyant rührselig

σαχλός

sensiblero sentimentaloide

siirappinen

mélo

sentimentalan

sdolcinato sentimentale svenevole svenevole.

いやにセンチメンタルな

감상적인

sentimental

มีอารมณ์อ่อนไหวมากเกินไป

aşırı duygusal

ủy mị

多愁善感的

schmaltzy

[ˈʃmɔːltsɪ] ADJ → sentimental, sensiblero

schmaltzy

[ˈʃmɔːltsi] adj (= over-sentimental) [song, film, book] → à l'eau de rose, mièvre

schmaltzy

schmalzy [ˈʃmɔːltsɪ] adj (fam) → sdolcinato/a

schmaltzy

→ عَاطِفِيّ sladký drivende sentimental rührselig σαχλός sensiblero, sentimentaloide siirappinen mélo sentimentalan svenevole いやにセンチメンタルな 감상적인 sentimenteel søkkvåt ckliwy piegas слезливый sentimental มีอารมณ์อ่อนไหวมากเกินไป aşırı duygusal ủy mị 多愁善感的

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