mushy

[ muhsh-ee, moo sh-ee ]
/ ˈmʌʃ i, ˈmʊʃ i /

adjective, mush·i·er, mush·i·est.

resembling mush; pulpy.
Informal. overly emotional or sentimental: mushy love letters.

Origin of mushy

First recorded in 1830–40; mush1 + -y1

OTHER WORDS FROM mushy

mush·i·ly, adverb mush·i·ness, noun

Example sentences from the Web for mushiness

  • Mushiness on key church doctrines, the argument goes, threatens the very Catholic-ness of institutions like Notre Dame.

    Obama's Catholic Conversion |John Hendren |May 16, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
  • Oliver was making a good argument with no mushiness about it, and he had a long-settled habit of appreciating Ollie's arguments.

    The Preliminaries |Cornelia A. P. Comer

British Dictionary definitions for mushiness

mushy
/ (ˈmʌʃɪ) /

adjective mushier or mushiest

soft and pulpy
informal excessively sentimental or emotional

Derived forms of mushy

mushily, adverb mushiness, noun