1. artificially formal

    e.g. 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

    Synonym: artificialcontrivedstilted

2. effusively or insincerely emotional

    e.g. a bathetic novel
           maudlin expressions of sympathy
           mushy effusiveness
           a schmaltzy song
           sentimental soap operas
           slushy poetry

    Synonym: batheticdrippymaudlinmawkishkitschymushyschmaltzyschmalzysentimentalsoppysoupyslushy