Synonyms of schmaltzy

adjectiveOverly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.

• kitschyHaving the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
• mushyOverly sappy, corny, or cheesy; sentimental, especially in a romantic way; maudlin.
• sappyExcessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy).
• batheticCharacterized by or pertaining to bathos.
• cheesyOverdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
• squishy
• cornyHackneyed or excessively sentimental.
• drippyMaudlin; sentimental.
• gooey figurativelyEmotional or sentimental, especially to an excessive extent; mushy, soppy.
• hokey US, informalCorny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.
• ickyExcessively sentimental.
• kitschOf art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
• maudlinAffectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness.
• mawkishExcessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
• overemotionalShowing too much emotion.
• oversentimentalExcessively sentimental.
• overwrought
• sickly sweetToo sweet; sickeningly sweet or sentimental.
• slushyOf a person, soupy; sentimental.
• soppy UK, figurativelyOverly sentimental, maudlin, schmaltzy.
• soupyExtravagantly sentimental; slushy.
• syrupy figurativelyOverly sentimental.
• treacly figurativelyConsisting of treacle, or cloying, sentimental speech.