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Synonyms for mushy

  • adjective

Most common

slushy schmaltzy squishy soupy soft spongy pulpy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Soppy — overly sappy, corny, or cheesy; sentimental, especially in a romantic way; maudlin

soppy UK, sappy US, slushy, gooey informal, schmaltzy, squishy, soupy, mawkish, maudlin, drippy, syrupy, treacly, sentimental, corny, hokey informal US, kitschy, bathetic, oversentimental, overemotional, icky informal

2. Soft — soft; squishy

soft, spongy, smooshy, squitchy, squdgy informal, squooshy informal

3. Pulpy — resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular

pulpy, pappy, pulplike, pulpous, mushlike, grumous

Antonyms

crunchy

All antonyms of mushy →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular.

    I don't especially like mushy oatmeal.

  2. adj. 2

    Soft; squishy.

    The brake pedal is mushy sometimes when I step on it.

  3. adj. 3

    Overly sappy, corny, or cheesy; sentimental, especially in a romantic way; maudlin.

    Skip the mushy, romantic scenes and get to the action.

Related words

Word family
mushiness
Other spellings
mooshy

Example sentences

  • squishy Ziri waited for the medlars to get soft and squishy.
  • spongy Oooh, gross! What is that stuff? It's all spongy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mushyrising
squishyrising
slushyrising
soupyrising
schmaltzyrising
spongysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
soft1, icky
5 letters
corny2, gooey2, sappy, hokey2, pappy, soppy2, soupy2, pulpy
6 letters
spongy2, slushy, syrupy, drippy, squdgy
7 letters
squishy2, maudlin2, kitschy, mawkish2, treacly, smooshy, pulpous, grumous
8 letters
bathetic, squitchy, squooshy, pulplike, mushlike
9 letters
schmaltzy
11 letters
sentimental4
13 letters
overemotional
15 letters
oversentimental

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (corny2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

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