mushy

Adjective
US[muhsh-ee]/ˈmʌʃi/2 syllables
Synonyms: batheticdrippyhokeymaudlinmawkishkitschyschmaltzyschmalzysentimentalsappysoppysoupy

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)mushier, mushiest

  1. having the consistency of mushOpposite hardSimilar soft
  2. effusively or insincerely emotional“a bathetic novel”“maudlin expressions of sympathy”“mushy effusiveness”“a schmaltzy song”“sentimental soap operas”“slushy poetry”Synonyms: batheticdrippyhokeymaudlinmawkishkitschyschmaltzyschmalzysentimentalsappysoppysoupyslushyOpposite unemotionalSimilar emotional

Related words pulp noun, cornmeal mush noun, mushiness noun, drippiness noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Mush′y adjective

Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental.

She 's not mushy, but her heart is tender.— pseud. of Mary Ann

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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