What is the meaning of schmaltzy?

Effusively or insincerely emotional.
- usage: "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
- synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy

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