schmaltzy

adj : effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";

"maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness";

"a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy

poetry" [syn: {bathetic}, {maudlin}, {mawkish}, {mushy},

{schmalzy}, {sentimental}, {slushy}]