MUSHY

bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy

(adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional; “a bathetic novel”; “maudlin expressions of sympathy”; “mushy effusiveness”; “a schmaltzy song”; “sentimental soap operas”; “slushy poetry”

mushy

(adjective) having the consistency of mush

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

mushy (comparative mushier or more mushy, superlative mushiest or most mushy)

Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular.

Soft; squishy.

Overly sappy, corny, or cheesy; maudlin.

Source: Wiktionary


Mush"y, a.

Definition: Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental. She 's not mushy, but her heart is tender. G. Eliot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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