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    MUSHY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: mushier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, mushiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: mushier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: mushiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Effusively or insincerely emotionalplay

    Example:

    slushy poetry

    Synonyms:

    bathetic; drippy; hokey; kitschy; maudlin; mawkish; mushy; sappy; schmaltzy; schmalzy; sentimental; slushy; soppy; soupy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    emotional (of more than usual emotion)

    Derivation:

    mushiness (falsely emotional in a maudlin way)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Having the consistency of mushplay

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    soft (yielding readily to pressure or weight)

    Derivation:

    mush (cornmeal boiled in water)

    mush (any soft or soggy mass)

    mushiness (a mushy pulpy softness)

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