Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling mush in consistency or firmness; soft.
- adjective Excessively tender or romantic; sentimental. synonym: sentimental.
- adjective Poorly defined; indistinct or blurry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like mush; soft; pulpy; without fiber or firmness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective resembling or having the
consistency ofmush ; semi-liquid,pasty , orgranular - adjective
soft ;squishy - adjective overly
sappy ,corny , orcheesy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the consistency of mush
- adjective effusively or insincerely emotional
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Examples
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He closed his hand upon it, squeezed, and the potato squirted out between his fingers in mushy streams.
Chapter 9 2010
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"No, what I said was that you were engaging in mushy thinking," Thing One said, pointing to a passage marked with yellow highlighter.
Alan Gottlieb: Of Civil Wars and Forgotten Words Alan Gottlieb 2010
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"No, what I said was that you were engaging in mushy thinking," Thing One said, pointing to a passage marked with yellow highlighter.
Alan Gottlieb: Of Civil Wars and Forgotten Words Alan Gottlieb 2010
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Most people are in the mushy middle, and we call it mushy middle for a reason.
ProWomanProLife » Quebec doctors overwhelmingly favour legalizing euthanasia 2009
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He closed his hand upon it, squeezed, and the potato squirted out between his fingers in mushy streams.
Chapter 9 1904
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It’s taken me some time to get use to the large grain mushy rice they use.
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The second container was a bowl with noodles (in this particular soup - Vietnamese rice noodles), which insured that your noodles don’t end up mushy from the walk back to the office.
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They were unfazed by the preponderance of same-sex couples holding hands, and all smooching was "disgusting" or "mushy" -- regardless of the gender of the "old people" (anyone over 22) doing the osculating.
Michele Somerville: Gay Catholic Ministry and Straight Pride 2010
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Sorry, but I think the mushy middle is called mushy for a reason.
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The position on abortion is what some people call the mushy middle.
jennarenn commented on the word mushy
What breakfast cereals should not be.
June 26, 2008
bilby commented on the word mushy
You're welcome to list breakfast cereals on this list.
June 26, 2008
dailyword commented on the word mushy
Giles said that he liked his peas like this.
June 15, 2012