mush

1 something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental an opera that is pure mush Synonyms goo, corn, schmaltz (also schmalz), sludge, slush, soap opera, sorghumRelated 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, sentimentality, 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