Dictionary Definition
mushy adj
1 having the consistency of mush
2 effusively or insincerely emotional; "a
bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressons of sympathy"; "mushy
effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas";
"slushy poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy] [also: mushiest, mushier]
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English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌʃi
Adjective
mushy- resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid,
pasty, or granular
- I don't especially like mushy oatmeal.
- soft; squishy
- The brake pedal is mushy sometimes when I step on it.
- overly sappy, corny, or cheesy
- Skip the mushy, romantic scenes and get to the action.
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
baccate, bathetic, beery, bland, boggy, changeable, cloudy, cloying, corny, doughy, flabby, fleshy, foggy, gooey, gushing, halfhearted, indecisive, infirm of
purpose, infirm of will, insipid, irresolute, macerated, masticated, maudlin, mawkish, milk-and-water,
milky, miry, misty, namby-pamby, neutral, nostalgic, nostomanic, oversentimental,
oversentimentalized,
pappy, pasty, pithy, pulpal, pulpar, pulped, pulplike, pulpy, quaggy, romantic, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sentimentalized,
sloppy, slushy, soft, soppy, spongy, squashy, squelchy, squishy, squushy, sticky, succulent, sugary, swampy, syrupy, tasteless, tear-jerking,
teary, vague, vapid, vaporous, vapory, watery, wet, wishy-washy