| 单词 | mushy |
| 释义 | mushy (once / 15552 pages) adj You might use the adjective mushy to describe an overripe banana or a tear-jerker of a commercial. Either way, it describes something soft. Mushy is a good word for talking about something that's doughy or pulpy, whether it's a hunk of modeling clay or your out-of-shape belly. Another way to use mushy is to mean sticky and sentimental, like a mushy love scene in a terrible movie or a mushy greeting card. Either way, the word comes from mush, or porridge, which originated from mash, or "soft mixture." WORD FAMILYmushy: mushier, mushiest, mushily, mushiness+/mush: mushed, musher, mushes, mushing, mushy/musher: mushers USAGE EXAMPLESThe surface looked mushy late in the game, but that’s normal. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Love was not a mushy or easily dismissed emotion, but was central to the kind of community he envisioned. Salon(Nov 20, 2016) Hovering above the stage is a blue figure - nicknamed Mushy by the crew - a virtual version of Ariel, Shakespeare's shape-changing sprite. BBC(Nov 16, 2016) 1adj having the consistency of mush Syn soft yielding readily to pressure or weight 2adj effusively or insincerely emotional mushy effusiveness Syn bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy emotional of more than usual emotion |
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