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schmaltziest

schmaltziest is the superlative 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 schmaltziest

What is schmaltziest the superlative form of?
Schmaltziest is the superlative form of schmaltzy.

Words near schmaltziest in the dictionary

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

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