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mushiness
mush·y M0493800 (mŭsh′ē, mo͝osh′ē)adj. mush·i·er, mush·i·est 1. Resembling mush in consistency or firmness; soft: ate mushy food after her tooth was pulled.2. Excessively tender or romantic; sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental.3. Poorly defined; indistinct or blurry: "The young man drew his head back slowly, as if adjusting a mushy focus" (Rosemary Mahoney). mush′i·ly adv.mush′i·ness n.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | mushiness - a mushy pulpy softnesspulpinesssoftness - the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded | | 2. | mushiness - falsely emotional in a maudlin waysentimentality, drippiness, mawkishness, soupiness, sloppinessemotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or qualitycorn - something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"schmaltz, schmalz, shmaltz - (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or musicsentimentalism - a predilection for sentimentality |
mushinessnounInformal. The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:bathos, maudlinism, mawkishness, sentimentalism, sentimentality.Informal: mush, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness.Slang: sappiness.mushiness
Synonyms for mushinessnoun the quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotionalSynonyms- bathos
- maudlinism
- mawkishness
- sentimentalism
- sentimentality
- mush
- schmaltz
- schmaltziness
- sloppiness
- sappiness
Synonyms for mushinessnoun a mushy pulpy softnessSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun falsely emotional in a maudlin waySynonyms- sentimentality
- drippiness
- mawkishness
- soupiness
- sloppiness
Related Words- emotionalism
- emotionality
- corn
- schmaltz
- schmalz
- shmaltz
- sentimentalism
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