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mush·y

 (mŭsh′ē, mo͝osh′ē)
adj. mush·i·er, mush·i·est
1. Resembling mush in consistency or firmness; soft: ate mushy food after her tooth was pulled.
2. Excessively tender or romantic; sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental.
3. Poorly defined; indistinct or blurry: "The young man drew his head back slowly, as if adjusting a mushy focus" (Rosemary Mahoney).

mush′i·ly adv.
mush′i·ness n.
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mushy

(ˈmʌʃɪ)
adj, mushier or mushiest
1. soft and pulpy
2. informal excessively sentimental or emotional
ˈmushily adv
ˈmushiness n
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mush•y

(ˈmʌʃ i, ˈmʊʃ i)

adj. mush•i•er, mush•i•est.
1. resembling mush; pulpy.
2. overly emotional or sentimental: mushy love letters.
[1830–40]
mush′i•ly, adv.
mush′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.mushy - having the consistency of mush
soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight
2.mushy - effusively or insincerely emotionalmushy - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
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mushy

adjective
1. soft, squidgy (informal), slushy, squashy, squelchy, pulpy, doughy, pappy, semi-liquid, paste-like, semi-solid When the fruit is mushy and cooked, remove from the heat.
2. (Informal) sentimental, emotional, wet (Brit. informal), sloppy (informal), corny (slang), sugary, maudlin, weepy, saccharine, syrupy, slushy (informal), mawkish, schmaltzy (slang), icky (informal), three-hankie (informal) Don't go getting all mushy and sentimental.
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mushy

adjective
1. Yielding easily to pressure or weight; not firm:
2. Informal. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional:
Informal: gooey, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy.
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Translations
لَيِّن، عَجيني
kašovitý
grødet
pépes
maukkenndur
kašovitý
lâpa gibi

mushy

[ˈmʌʃɪ] ADJ (mushier (compar) (mushiest (superl)))
1. (lit) → pulposo, mollar
mushy peas (Brit) → puré m de guisantes or (LAm) arvejas, chícharos mpl aguados (Mex)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mushy

[ˈmʌʃi] adj
[vegetables, fruit] → en bouillie
[movie] → à l'eau de rosemushy peas [ˌmʌʃiˈpiːz] npl (British)purée f de petits pois
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mushy

adj (+er)
matschig; liquid, consistencybreiig; (= puréed) food, vegetablespüriert; mushy snowSchneematsch m; to go mushyzu Brei werden; (= go off: fruit) → matschig werden
(inf: = maudlin) → schmalzig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mushy

[ˈmʌʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → come pappa (fig) → sdolcinato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mush

(maʃ) noun
something soft and wet. The potatoes have turned to mush after being boiled for so long.
ˈmushy adjective
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References in classic literature ?
He heard the Scarecrow fall to the ground with a mushy sound, and then he himself quickly dismounted and looked at his friend Jack.
There had been a warm thaw all day, with mushy yards and little streams of dark water gurgling cheerfully into the streets out of old snow-banks.
You've no idea what an eerie noise a great drop of rain falling with a mushy thud on a bare floor makes in the night.
"On the 17th of February, 1835, he sold the old carriage and bought a cheap second-hand buggy--said a buggy was just the trick to skim along mushy, slushy early spring roads with, and he had always wanted to try a buggy on those mountain roads, anyway.
As Woola and I approached the bottom of the declivity the ground became soft and mushy, so that it was with the greatest difficulty that we made any headway whatever.
At the first step upon the cold surface, Buck's feet sank into a white mushy something very like mud.
He closed his hand upon it, squeezed, and the potato squirted out between his fingers in mushy streams.
Unfortunately, fish listed as being high in the necessary fatty acid are: herring, salmon, mackerel, sardines, anchovies, halibut, rainbow trout and tuna, none of which are available in batter with chips and mushy peas.
I opted for hake and chips, which comes with a choice of side - I chose mushy peas - and BOTTOMLESS chips!
They had the powerful, unmistakable soakedpeas flavour, which didn't overpower the fish - but that's the job of a mushy pea, to complement.
4 For mushy peas, bring a shallow pot of water to boil over medium-high heat.
It was traditionally served with mushy peas, salt and vinegar.