ADJECTIVE | all | mushy | having the consistency of mush |
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all | mushy, bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy | effusively or insincerely emotional |
Sounds | mah'shiy | |
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Rhymes | ashy ... xi / XI: 21 rhymes with shiy... |
Meaning | Having the consistency of mush. | |
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Broader | soft | Yielding readily to pressure or weight |
Spanish | blando, musgoso, pastoso | |
Nouns | mush | cornmeal boiled in water |
mush | any soft or soggy mass | |
mushiness | a mushy pulpy softness |
Meaning | effusively or insincerely emotional. | |
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Example | "mushy effusiveness" | |
Synonyms | bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy | |
Broader | emotional | Of more than usual emotion |
Spanish | lloraduelos, llorica, remilgado, sensiblero, sentimentaloide | |
Catalan | llagrimós, sentimental | |
Nouns | mushiness | falsely emotional in a maudlin way |
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