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schmaltzy
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Princeton's WordNet
bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushyadjective
effusively or insincerely emotional
"a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
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schmaltzyadjective
Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic
Etymology: From. Sol Steinmetz, in "Yiddish and English: The Story of Yiddish in America", suggests that this figurative derivation of "schmaltz" does not exist in Yiddish.
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schmaltzy
Schmaltzy describes something, often music, art, or a performance, that is overly sentimental, emotional, or exaggerated to the point of being cheesy, kitschy, or clichéd. It can also refer to excessive gushiness or false earnestness.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of schmaltzy in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of schmaltzy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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