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Adjective
bathetic
drippy
hokey
maudlin
mawkish
kitschy
mushy
schmaltzy
schmalzy
sentimental
sappy
soppy
soupy
slushy
Definition: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
artificial
contrived
hokey
stilted
Definition: 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"
Definition: phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality