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Synonyms for schmaltzy

  • adjective

Most common

corny maudlin mawkish treacly

All synonyms

Adjective

mawkish, sappy US, maudlin, treacly, corny, hokey informal US, mushy, soppy informal UK, sentimental, kitschy, kitsch, drippy, gooey informal, icky informal, slushy, soupy, bathetic, oversentimental, syrupy

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.

Related words

Other spellings
schmalzy shmaltzy

Example sentences

  • corny Mary's the only one who laughs at Tom's corny jokes.
  • maudlin Tom always gets maudlin when he's on the booze.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
schmaltzyrising
cornyrising
maudlinrising
mawkishsteady
treaclyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
icky
5 letters
corny2, mushy2, gooey2, sappy, hokey2, soppy2, soupy2
6 letters
kitsch1, slushy, syrupy, drippy
7 letters
maudlin2, kitschy, mawkish2, treacly
8 letters
bathetic
11 letters
sentimental4
15 letters
oversentimental

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (corny2 = 2 syllables).