schmaltzy

Adjective

(comparative schmaltzier, superlative schmaltziest)

Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.

Origin

schmaltz +"Ž -y.

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Mr. Parrish, you may have won over my daughter and Samantha with your good looks and schmaltzy charm, but let me assure you, I am not in the least impressed by your God's-gift-to-women bullshit.

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