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schmaltzy

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃmɒltsi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted achlmstyzStarts with SEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. effusively or insincerely emotional

Word origin

From schmaltz + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.”
  • “In France, it has the reputation of being a typically American mixture of clichés and of schmaltz,” he wrote in an email. “Clichés about us don’t interest us, and the French are not very schmaltzy.”

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