Synonyms of gooey

gooey

adjective

as in sticky

appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way

things get especially gooey during the scene in which the lovers are reunited at long last

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sticky
• sentimental
• sloppy
• wet
• fuzzy
• mushy
• sugary
• drippy
• cloying
• saccharine
• slushy
• soupy
• schmaltzy
• mawkish
• sappy
• soppy
• corny
• maudlin
• sugarcoated
• chocolate-box
• lovey-dovey
• fruity
• spoony
• spooney
• dreamy
• nostalgic
• feel-good
• soapy
• moony
• novelettish
• sudsy
• melodramatic
• moonstruck
• insipid
• misty-eyed
• watery
• vapid
• tasteless
• soft-boiled
• starry-eyed
• cutesy
• soap-operatic
• flat
• twee

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsentimental
• unadulterated
• unvarnished
• cynical
• hardheaded
• hard-edged
• hard-boiled
• antisentimental