1. (adj) bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy
effusively or insincerely emotional
Synonyms: drippy, schmaltzy, sodden, sentimental, soppy, maudlin, hokey, mushy, stilted, soupy, artificial, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, contrived, drizzly, bathetic, schmalzy Antonyms: unaffected, unemotional
2. (adj) artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted
artificially formal
Synonyms: drippy, schmaltzy, sentimental, soppy, maudlin, mushy, stilted, soupy, artificial, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, contrived, unreal, hokey, bathetic, schmalzy Antonyms: unemotional, unaffected
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