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variants:
or spooney
Synonyms & Antonyms of spoony
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
- the spoony verses of a lovesick soldier to his girl back home
- the spoony plot of the new rom-com
Synonyms for spoony
- chocolate-box,
- cloying,
- corny,
- drippy,
- fruity,
- gooey,
- lovey-dovey,
- maudlin,
- mawkish,
- mushy,
- novelettish,
- saccharine,
- sappy,
- schmaltzy,
- sentimental,
- sloppy,
- slushy,
- soppy,
- soupy,
- sticky,
- sugarcoated,
- sugary,
- wet
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“Spoony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoony. Accessed 15 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of spoony was circa 1812
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