Meaning of schmaltzy

Information about schmaltzy

• It is an adjective.
• Languages ​​in which schmaltzy is used:

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  • English

Hyphenation of schmaltzy

schmaltzy

• It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
• schmaltzy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

schmaltzy synonyms

Meaning bathetic:

bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy

Meaning excessively sweet, rich, or sentimental, especially to a disgusting or sickening degree:

cloying

Meaning excessively sentimental or mawkish:

sickly

Meaning excessively sweet or sentimental:

saccharine

Meaning excessively sentimental:

sugary, syrupy

Meaning excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental:

twee

Meaning (of literature or behaviour) weakly or foolishly sentimental:

sloppy

Meaning tearful; inclined to weep:

weepy

Meaning cute to a sentimental or mawkish extent:

cutesy

Meaning mawkishly sentimental:

gooey

Meaning wet and sticky; slushy:

sloshy

Meaning resembling treacle in consistency, taste, or appearance:

treacly

Meaning like cheese in taste, smell, or consistency:

cheesy

Meaning trite, banal, or mawkishly sentimental:

corny

Meaning unpleasantly sticky:

icky

Meaning trite and sentimental:

cornball

Meaning mawkishly over-sentimental:

sappy

Translation of schmaltzy

• German: abgedroschen, larmoyant, sentimental, schmalzig, rührselig, schnulzig, gefühlsduselig
• Italian: patetico, sentimentale, sdolcinato

Words that rhyme with schmaltzy

shmaltzy