All schmaltzy synonyms
schmaltz·y
S s adj schmaltzy
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hammy — characteristic of a person who overacts.
- campy — Campy means the same as camp.
- cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
- maudlin — tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog.
- bathetic — containing or displaying bathos
- mushy — resembling mush; pulpy.
- mawkish — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- lovey-dovey — amorously affectionate: a lovey-dovey couple.
- la-di-da — affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.
- hamer — Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- caricatural — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
adjective schmaltzy
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- icky — repulsive or distasteful.
- gooey — like or covered with goo; sticky; viscid.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- exaggerated — That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.