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SCHMALZY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does schmalzy mean?
• SCHMALZY (adjective)
The adjective SCHMALZY has 1 sense:
1. effusively or insincerely emotional
Familiarity information: SCHMALZY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Synonyms:
bathetic; drippy; hokey; kitschy; maudlin; mawkish; mushy; sappy; schmaltzy; schmalzy; sentimental; slushy; soppy; soupy
Context example:
slushy poetry
Similar:
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
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