mushy
resembling mush; pulpy.
Informal. overly emotional or sentimental: mushy love letters.
Origin of mushy
1Other words from mushy
- mush·i·ly, adverb
- mush·i·ness, noun
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How to use mushy in a sentence
You don’t want the potatoes to be mushy, because they may fall apart, but a small paring knife should cut through fairly easily with just a little bit of resistance.
How to make crispy, golden potatoes, every time | Becky Krystal | December 18, 2020 | Washington PostSome of these mushy things had to do with the relationship between doctors and patients.
How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444) | Stephen J. Dubner | December 17, 2020 | FreakonomicsOnce they’re shredded, it is important to drain the potatoes of as much water as possible — more liquid means a mushier latke.
This crisp, classic potato latke recipe delivers a satisfying, celebratory crunch | Olga Massov | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostYou can sit down at the table and pop out fluffy discs of batter right there, rather than having to stand over a griddle flipping piles of pancakes that are going to inevitably end up lukewarm and mushy.
Nine kitchen gifts that do one thing really well | Sara Chodosh | November 26, 2020 | Popular-ScienceOthers had the perfect rice and peas, each grain and bean whole and separate, never mushy.
Until I Can Go Back to My Favorite Restaurant, This Jerk Paste Is the Next Best Thing | Elazar Sontag | September 25, 2020 | Eater
Mushiness on key church doctrines, the argument goes, threatens the very Catholic-ness of institutions like Notre Dame.
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 mushy
/ (ˈmʌʃɪ) /
soft and pulpy
informal excessively sentimental or emotional
Derived forms of mushy
- mushily, adverb
- mushiness, noun
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