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as in sentimentalism
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
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Recent Examples of mush
Launched at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the world’s premier motor sport gathering last weekend, the new halo car—which borrows mush of its underpinnings from the Ioniq 5 N—is expected to generate up to 641-hp and hit 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds flat.
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Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
This is weaponry pornography at a level that's probably turning our minds into mush.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 4 June 2025
Haliburton, the star Indiana Pacers point guard, appeared to have missed the attempt that would pierce their hearts, turn their stomachs into mush and transform their minds into a cauldron of rage.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 22 May 2025
With Donovan Mitchell’s strengths (jaw-dropping awesomeness for the first three games against Indiana) and weaknesses (running out of gas in Game 2 and turning into mush in Game 4) on display for a second consecutive postseason run, is Garland the right player to have next to him?
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
This is weaponry pornography at a level that's probably turning our minds into mush.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 4 June 2025
Haliburton, the star Indiana Pacers point guard, appeared to have missed the attempt that would pierce their hearts, turn their stomachs into mush and transform their minds into a cauldron of rage.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 22 May 2025
With Donovan Mitchell’s strengths (jaw-dropping awesomeness for the first three games against Indiana) and weaknesses (running out of gas in Game 2 and turning into mush in Game 4) on display for a second consecutive postseason run, is Garland the right player to have next to him?
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mush
Noun
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In the Carmel area, the trail passes a cool play space and Midtown Plaza, where the family can play a little ping-pong or corn hole, grab a bite to eat, or just relax on the bench swings.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The mix does include some peanuts, but there are also Cajun-style corn sticks, roasted corn, almonds, honey roasted sesame sticks, and my favorite component—butter toffee peanuts.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Academy historically goes for sentimentalism.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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McBride is less interested in exploring another motivation for saving locks of hair: the particular sentimentalism that made people cherish the hair of loved ones, especially those who had died, or of honored forebears.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
Noun
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And at least one section became known for the bubbles produced by toxic sludge on its floor.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Little Calumet, just blocks from where Steagall used to live, had shores like quicksand from all the toxic sludge and the Grand Calumet River was one of the most polluted bodies of water emptying into Lake Michigan.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
15 Sep. 2025
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Raven is ever attentive to the imaging of the West as a kind of battleground, where surveillance (and the camera’s inexorable links to the military apparatus) tussles with sentimentality in a centuries-long project from which the national psyche cannot seem to unlatch.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Walsh and Sherman both recognized Lupino’s superior intellect and resistance to unearned sentimentality.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Mush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mush. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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