mushy
Adjective Satellite
- having the consistency of mush
- effusively or insincerely emotional
- "mushy effusiveness"
Adj
- Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular.
- Soft; squishy.
- Overly sappy, corny, or cheesy; maudlin.
Adjective
- MUSHIER, MUSHIEST pulpy MUSHILY adv
Examples
- "I don't especially like mushy oatmeal."
- "Skip the mushy, romantic scenes and get to the action."
- "The brake pedal is mushy sometimes when I step on it."
Origin / Etymology
From mush + -y.
Synonyms
bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy
Scrabble Score: 13
mushy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmushy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mushy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary