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View synonyms for schmaltzy
schmaltzy
[ shmahlt-see, shmawlt- ]
adjective
, Informal.
, schmaltz·i·er, schmaltz·i·est.
- of, relating to, or characterized by schmaltz, or exaggerated sentimentalism.
ˈschmaltzy
/ ʃmɔːltsɪ; ʃmæltsɪ /
adjective
- excessively sentimental
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Example Sentences
The rest of episode—the scenes taking place in the present—alternated between brilliant and schmaltzy.
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But then, just when we feared that the Cox we suspected we knew was about to get too schmaltzy, too idyllic, she adds a caveat.
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Cancer-struggle stories can all-too-often veer towards being schmaltzy.
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And the song would be just as schmaltzy were it not for the her roaring delivery.
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Franzen is just as critical of self-consciously tricky fiction as he is of “schmaltzy, one-dimensional” fiction.
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