schmalziest
Dripping with sentiment
Superlative form of schmaltzy—the most excessively sentimental or mawkish.
Schmaltz comes from Yiddish for rendered chicken fat, suggesting something rich to the point of being cloying: That was the schmalziest love song I've ever heard.
The word often describes music, films, or gestures that lay emotion on too thick.
Excessively sentimental
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- tearjerkerEmotionally manipulative entertainment
- weepyInclined to cry
- heartstringsDeep emotional attachments
saccharine · syrupy · treacly · gushy · mushy · tender · heartwarming · touching
Excessively theatrical in style
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- operaticOf staged musical drama
dramatic · sensational · overblown · overacted · histrionic · stagey · grandiose · hyperbolic
Vulgar or slightly sticky
- cheesyCheap and insincere
- cornyTiresomely sentimental or trite
- campyEntertainingly artificial and overblown
- tastelessHaving no flavor
trite · garish · gaudy · hackneyed · clichéd · hokey · chintzy · overdone
Pinkish or overly hopeful
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- idealizedMade to seem perfect
- storybookBook of tales
- fairy-taleMagical children's story
dreamy · sentimentalized · wistful · starry-eyed · misremembered · glorified · embellished · sugar-coated
sappy
Excessively sentimental
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- tearjerkerEmotionally manipulative entertainment
- weepyInclined to cry
heartstrings · saccharine · syrupy · treacly · gushy · mushy · tender · heartwarming · touching · emotional
hammy
Excessively theatrical in style
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
operatic · dramatic · sensational · overblown · overacted · histrionic · stagey · grandiose · hyperbolic · heart-wrenching
tacky
Vulgar or slightly sticky
- cheesyCheap and insincere
- cornyTiresomely sentimental or trite
- campyEntertainingly artificial and overblown
tasteless · trite · garish · gaudy · hackneyed · clichéd · hokey · chintzy · overdone · predictable
rose-colored
Pinkish or overly hopeful
fairy-tale · dreamy · sentimentalized · wistful · starry-eyed · misremembered · glorified · embellished · sugar-coated · wholesome