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mush

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mush

1 something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental
  • an opera that is pure mush
Synonyms of mush

corn, goo, schmaltz (also schmalz), sludge, slush, soap opera, sorghum
Words Related to mush

claptrap, drivel, rubbish, tripe
2 the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)
  • couldnʼt stand all the mush in the movieʼs romantic scenes
Synonyms of mush

bathos, gooeyness, lovey-doveyness, mawkishness, mushiness, saccharinity, sappiness, sentimentalism, sentimentality, sloppiness, soppiness, syrup (also sirup)
Words Related to mush

emotion

sentiment

corn, corniness, hokeyness (or hokiness), schmaltz (also schmalz)
Near Antonyms of mush

cynicism, hardheadedness, hard-heartedness

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