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mushy

[ muhsh-ee, moo sh-ee ]
/ ˈmʌʃ i, ˈmʊʃ i /
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adjective, mush·i·er, mush·i·est.

resembling mush; pulpy.
Informal. overly emotional or sentimental: mushy love letters.

RELATED WORDS

sentimentalism, sentiment, reminiscence, mawkishness, nostalgia, bathos, triteness, melodrama

Nearby words

mushroom, mushroom anchor, mushroom cloud, mushroom slab construction, mushroom ventilator, mushy, mushyheaded, musial, music, music box, music centre

Origin of mushy

First recorded in 1830–40; mush1 + -y1

Related forms

mush·i·ly, adverbmush·i·ness, noun
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Examples from the Web for mushiness

  • Mushiness on key church doctrines, the argument goes, threatens the very Catholic-ness of institutions like Notre Dame.

    Obama's Catholic Conversion|John Hendren|May 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST

  • Oliver was making a good argument with no mushiness about it, and he had a long-settled habit of appreciating Ollie's arguments.

    The Preliminaries|Cornelia A. P. Comer

British Dictionary definitions for mushiness

mushy

/ (ˈmʌʃɪ) /

adjective mushier or mushiest

soft and pulpy
informal excessively sentimental or emotional

Derived Forms

mushily, adverbmushiness, noun
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