What does schmaltzy mean?
Schmaltzy means Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic..
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/ˈʃmɒltsi/ · adjective
Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic..
During a series of interviews, Franzen expressed ambivalence about Oprah’s endorsement—[…] that he had found a few of her choices in the past “schmaltzy” and “one-dimensional.”
“In France, it has the reputation of being a typically American mixture of clichés and of schmaltz,” he wrote in an email. “Clichés about us don’t interest us, and the French are not very schmaltzy.”
As well as singing a lively Christmas number for the first time in a film (a good use of his country music success), Sutherland shares a schmaltzy waltz with Wilson: “It was a bit foreign for both of us but I think we had fun.”
Use schmaltzy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Schmaltzy means Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic..
Common synonyms include kitschy, mushy, sappy, bathetic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
During a series of interviews, Franzen expressed ambivalence about Oprah’s endorsement—[…] that he had found a few of her choices in the past “schmaltzy” and “one-dimensional.”
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