shmaltzy

/ˈʃmɑltsi/
adjective
  1. Overly sentimental; emotionally cloying or mawkish.
    • She rolled her eyes at the shmaltzy greeting card messages.
    • His shmaltzy speech about family made everyone uncomfortable.
    • The ending of the play was too shmaltzy for my taste.
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