mushy
Like overcooked oatmeal
Mushy describes something soft and pulpy, lacking firmness—overcooked vegetables, rotting fruit, wet ground that squishes underfoot: The bananas had gone mushy.
Figuratively, mushy means excessively sentimental or romantic: a mushy love story, Don't get all mushy on me.
The figurative sense carries mild derision, suggesting emotion that's gone soft and shapeless.
Excessively sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- syrupyExcessively sweet or sentimental
treacly · corny · cheesy · soppy · weepy · gushing · lovey-dovey · cloying
Soft and easily compressed
- pulpySoft and fibrous
- spongySoft and absorbent
- doughySoft like raw bread
- squelchyWet and yielding noisily
gooey · pliable · yielding · malleable · cushiony · pasty · mashed · pureed
sappy
Excessively sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
syrupy · treacly · corny · cheesy · soppy · weepy · gushing · lovey-dovey · cloying · tearjerker
squishy
Soft and easily compressed
squelchy · gooey · pliable · yielding · malleable · cushiony · pasty · mashed · pureed · squashy
rotten
Decomposed or corrupt
soft · brown · decayed · fermented · moldy · wilted · discolored · decomposed · mealy · spotted
waterlogged
Saturated with liquid
slushy · boggy · swampy · marshy · drenched · mucky · oozy · sludgy · damp · wet
- cooking flawsburned, overcooked, undercooked, scorched, raw
- Produce Qualitiesfreshness, ripeness, firmness, juiciness, sweetness
- touch feelingsrough, smooth, soft, hard, bumpy
- affectionhug, kiss, care, cuddle, caress
- food qualitiesripe, unripe, overripe, fresh, spoiled
- sensationstaste, touch, smell, sound, pain
mushyunsentimental
Lacking emotional softness
hard-boiled · cynical · tough · unemotional · unromantic
- mushy peasBoiled legumes, smashed soft
- mushy vegetablesOvercooked plant foods
- dog mushingDriving a sled team
- corn mushBoiled cornmeal porridge
- cornmeal mushBoiled ground corn porridge
- dog musherSled team driver
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