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schmaltzy

schmaltzy

English

Adjective

schmaltzy ‎(comparative schmaltzier, superlative schmaltziest)

Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.

Related terms

schmaltz

Translations

Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic

French: malade (fr) m, f
German: schmalzig
Greek: σαχλός (el) ‎(sachlós)
Russian: сентимента́льный (ru) m ‎(sentimentálʹnyj), слезли́вый (ru) m ‎(slezlívyj)

Swedish: tårdrypande (sv), sliskig