Schmaltzy

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  schmaltzy
       adj : effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";
             "maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness";
             "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy
             poetry" [syn: {bathetic}, {drippy}, {hokey}, {maudlin},
              {mawkish}, {mushy}, {schmalzy}, {sentimental}, {slushy}]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "schmaltzy":
     bathetic, beery, cloying, gooey, gushing, maudlin, mawkish, mushy,
     namby-pamby, nostalgic, nostomanic, oversentimental,
     oversentimentalized, romantic, sappy, sentimental, sentimentalized,
     sloppy, soft, sticky, tear-jerking, teary