mushy

[ muhsh-ee, moosh-ee ]

adjective

, mush·i·er, mush·i·est.

1. resembling mush; pulpy.
2. Informal. overly emotional or sentimental:

   mushy love letters.

mushy

/ ˈmʌʃɪ /

adjective

1. soft and pulpy
2. informal.
   excessively sentimental or emotional

Derived Forms

• ˈmushiness, noun
• ˈmushily, adverb

Other Words From

• mushi·ly adverb
• mushi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mushy¹

First recorded in 1830–40; mush ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The Novablast 2 delivers an ultra-plush ride that stops just short of feeling mushy.

From Outside Online

The sweet potatoes here retain their texture, a relative rarity in the world of mushy bagged meals, while pumpkin seeds and lemon give it both bite and kick.

From Outside Online

Whether you’ve ended up with overcooked and mushy slop or undercooked and crunchy grains, there seems to be some ineffable art—or science—to getting it just right.

From Popular-Science

Our mushy brains seem a far cry from the solid silicon chips in computer processors, but scientists have a long history of comparing the two.

From Quanta Magazine

When something is not easily measured, it often gets talked about in mushy or ideological terms.

From Freakonomics

The road salt makes a mushy, corrosive paste that is flung universally about the under-and over-sides of every vehicle.

From The Daily Beast

Persecuted is a ludicrously mushy political thriller, but the fact that it can find an audience is downright terrifying.

From The Daily Beast

He is no mushy moderate, but an Obama-loathing, gubmint-hating, tax-cutting, gun-toting, education-cutting conservative.

From The Daily Beast

Capability is a mushy line, and it can take a country years to go from capability to producing an actual warhead.

From The Daily Beast

Those who favor bipartisan cooperation are often dismissed as mushy moderates.

From The Daily Beast

Such words cannot be indefinite, mushy words; they must be definite, firm words.

From Project Gutenberg

You had accumulated a large load and were in a pretty mushy condition.

From Project Gutenberg

Well, take this awful bunch of mushy slush and read it through, and then try to make a decent half-column story out of it.

From Project Gutenberg

Something mushy and heavily soft like raised dough leaned against Jim's leg and chewed his trousers with a yeasty growl.

From Project Gutenberg

But in any case the letter should not be long, nor should it be crammed with sad quotations and mushy sentiment.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• maudlin
• sentimental
• sugary
• syrupy
• weepy
• wet