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schmaltzier

schmaltzier is the comparative form of schmaltzy.

Meaning of schmaltzy

Adjective

schmaltzy (comparative schmaltzier, superlative schmaltziest)

  1. 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.”2018 June 26, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, “Jonathan Franzen Is Fine With All of It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2020

Questions about schmaltzier

What is schmaltzier the comparative form of?
Schmaltzier is the comparative form of schmaltzy.

Words near schmaltzier in the dictionary

  1. schmaltzed up
  2. Schmaltzes
  3. schmaltzes up
  4. schmaltzfest
  5. schmaltzfests
  6. schmaltzier
  7. schmaltziest
  8. schmaltzily
  9. schmaltziness
  10. schmaltzing up
  11. schmaltzy

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