schmaltzy

English

Etymology

schmaltz +‎ -y.

Adjective

schmaltzy (comparative schmaltzier, superlative schmaltziest)

1. Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.

Related terms

• schmaltz

Translations

Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic

• French: malade (fr) m or f
• German: schmalzig
• Greek: σαχλός (el) (sachlós)
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• Russian: сентимента́льный (ru) m (sentimentálʹnyj), слезли́вый (ru) m (slezlívyj), слаща́вый (ru) (slaščávyj)
• Swedish: tårdrypande (sv), sliskig