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Mushy   /mˈəʃi/   Listen
Mushy

adjective
1.
Having the consistency of mush.
2.
Effusively or insincerely emotional.  Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy.  "Maudlin expressions of sympathy" , "Mushy effusiveness" , "A schmaltzy song" , "Sentimental soap operas" , "Slushy poetry"



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"Mushy" Quotes from Famous Books



... swingin' hands an' gigglin' an' sayin' fool things to each other. They make me sick sometimes. I believe in love, you understand—I think married folks ought to love each other, in the bounds o' reason, but this mushy business—well, it ain't ...
— The Desired Woman • Will N. Harben
... were to stick around to hear it," she said. "And if they try to read our minds, all we have to do is to think nice mushy thoughts. Face it," she said ...
— Highways in Hiding • George Oliver Smith
... science teacher, says that the water you cook any starchy foods in must always be boiling like mad," Ethel Blue explained to her aunt one day when she came out to see how matters were going. "If it isn't the starch is mushy. That's why you mustn't be impatient to put on rice and potatoes and cereals until the water ...
— Ethel Morton's Enterprise • Mabell S.C. Smith
... been so wasted that Sally was in a whirl of dinner-getting when they reached her house. She had her hearty meal at noon on the children's account; her little kitchen was filled with smoke and noise. To-day she had masses of rather dark, mushy boiled rice, stewed neck of lamb, apples, and hot biscuits. Martie, fresh from New York's campaign of dietetic education, reflected that it was rather unusual fare for small children, but Sally's quartette was healthy-looking enough, and full of life and excitement. 'Lizabeth set the ...
— Martie the Unconquered • Kathleen Norris
... of February, 1835, he sold the old carriage and bought a cheap second-hand buggy—said a buggy was just the trick to skim along mushy, slushy early spring roads with, and he had always wanted to try a buggy ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain


Words linked to "Mushy" :   mushiness, emotional, soft, mush


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