[adjective] effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" Synonyms:bathetic, drippy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy
[adjective] artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation" Synonyms:artificial, contrived, stilted
