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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


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmushiness, noun
  • ˈmushily, adverb

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Other Words From

  • mushi·ly adverb
  • mushi·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mushy1

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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