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shmaltzy

shmaltzy is the alternative 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

Forms of shmaltzy

comparativeshmaltzier
superlativeshmaltziest

Origin of shmaltzy

From shmaltz + -y.

Questions about shmaltzy

What is shmaltzy the alternative form of?
Shmaltzy is the alternative form of schmaltzy.

Words near shmaltzy in the dictionary

  1. shmagh
  2. shmaghs
  3. shmaltz
  4. shmaltzier
  5. shmaltziest
  6. shmaltzy
  7. shmalz
  8. shmancier
  9. shmanciest
  10. shmancy
  11. shmashana

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