smushy
Soft and squashed
Smushy describes something soft, yielding, and easily compressed—often with affectionate or playful connotations.
A smushy pillow lacks firmness.
A smushy face invites squeezing.
The word can extend to emotional softness: They got all smushy watching old home videos.
A slightly childish variant of mushy, with the same range of literal and sentimental meanings.
Able to be compressed
- spongySoft and absorbent
- pliableCapable of bending easily
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- cushionySoft and yielding
pillowy · fluffy · yielding · compressible · deformable · squashable · crushable · plush
Soft and sticky
- sappyExcessively sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- syrupyExcessively sweet or sentimental
- cloyingExcessively sweet or sentimental
maudlin · mawkish · corny · saccharine · lovey-dovey · touchy-feely · soppy · slushy
squishable
Able to be compressed
cushiony · pillowy · fluffy · yielding · compressible · deformable · squashable · crushable · plush · doughy
gooey
Soft and sticky
- sappyExcessively sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- syrupyExcessively sweet or sentimental
cloying · maudlin · mawkish · corny · saccharine · lovey-dovey · touchy-feely · soppy · slushy · cutesy
squelchy
Wet and yielding noisily
- soggyThoroughly wet and soft
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
- oozySeeping moisture slowly
slimy · gloppy · gooey · muddy · sludgy · pulpy · saturated · damp · slippery · mucky
soft
Yielding to touch
fermenting · decaying · pulpy · browning · mealy · wilted · deteriorated · moldy · squishy · decomposing
smushysturdy
Solidly built, durable
structured · rigid · solid · formed · undeformable
smushyhard-nosed
Stubbornly realistic, unsentimental
tough · unsentimental · cold · unfeeling · steely