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mushy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of mushy

1 appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
  • a mushy love story
Synonyms of mushy

cloying, corny, drippy, gooey, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, slushy, sugarcoated, sugary, wet
Words Related to mushy

dreamy, misty-eyed, moonstruck, moony, nostalgic, starry-eyed

feel-good, fuzzy

melodramatic, soap-operatic, soapy, sudsy

flat, insipid, soft-boiled, tasteless, vapid, watery

cutesy
Near Antonyms of mushy

unadulterated, unvarnished

antisentimental, cynical, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hardheaded
Antonyms of mushy

unsentimental
2 giving easily to the touch
  • mushy fruit that was obviously overripe
Synonyms of mushy

flabby, pulpy, soft, spongy, squashy, squishy
Words Related to mushy

doughy, fleshy

droopy, flaccid, floppy, lank, limp, slack, yielding

bendable, compressible, crushable, elastic, flexible, kneadable, malleable, pliable, pliant, resilient, supple, willowy, workable

airy, light
Near Antonyms of mushy

inelastic, inflexible, rigid, stiff, tense, unbending, unyielding

resistant, sound, strong, sturdy, tough

case-hardened, hardened, indurated, stiffened, tempered

compacted, compressed, condensed

adamantine, rock, rocklike

sturdy, substantial
Antonyms of mushy

firm, hard, solid

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