mush

mush

noun

Definition of MUSH

1

something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental <an opera that is pure mush>

Synonyms goo, mush, schmaltz (also schmalz), sludge, slush, soap opera, sorghum

Related Words claptrap, drivel, rubbish, tripe

2

the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion) <couldn't stand all the mush in the movie's romantic scenes>

Synonyms bathos, gooeyness, lovey-doveyness, mawkishness, mush, mushiness, saccharinity, sappiness, sentimentalism, sloppiness, soppiness, syrup (also sirup)

Related Words emotion; sentiment; corn, corniness, hokeyness (or hokiness), schmaltz (also schmalz)

Near Antonyms cynicism, hardheadedness, hard-heartedness