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schmalzy

schmalzy is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of schmalzy

comparativeschmalzier
superlativeschmalziest

Origin of schmalzy

From schmalz + -y.

Questions about schmalzy

What is schmalzy the alternative spelling of?
Schmalzy is the alternative spelling of schmaltzy.

Words near schmalzy in the dictionary

  1. schmaltzy
  2. schmalz
  3. schmalzier
  4. schmalziest
  5. schmalzily
  6. schmalzy
  7. schmancier
  8. schmanciest
  9. schmancy
  10. schmarmy
  11. schmate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: schmalzy (page history and authors); schmaltzy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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