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- Dictionarymushy/ˈmʌʃi/
adjective
- 1. soft and pulpy: "mushy vegetables" Similar Opposite
- 2. excessively sentimental: informal "a mushy film" Similar Opposite
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soft and having no firm shape: Cook the lentils until they are mushy. disapproving The meat was mushy and tasteless. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Various qualities of food. candy coat. candy-coated. citric. cordon bleu. creamily. farmhouse. fruity. halal. herby. homegrown. homemade. hoppy. nutritious. nutty. shelf-stable.
having the consistency of mush : soft; lacking in definition or precision; excessively tender or emotional; especially : mawkishly amorous… See the full definition
Mushy definition: resembling mush; pulpy.. See examples of MUSHY used in a sentence.
Mushy can mean soft and pulpy, like mush, or excessively sentimental or emotional, like mushy love letters. Learn more about the word forms, synonyms, pronunciation, and examples of mushy.
soft and having no firm shape: Cook the lentils until they are mushy. disapproving The meat was mushy and tasteless. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Various qualities of food. candy coat. candy-coated. citric. cordon bleu.
Mushy is a good word for talking about something that's doughy or pulpy, whether it's a hunk of modeling clay or your out-of-shape belly. Another way to use mushy is to mean sticky and sentimental, like a mushy love scene in a terrible movie or a mushy greeting card.
1. Resembling mush in consistency or firmness; soft: ate mushy food after her tooth was pulled. 2. Excessively tender or romantic; sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental. 3. Poorly defined; indistinct or blurry: "The young man drew his head back slowly, as if adjusting a mushy focus" (Rosemary Mahoney). mush′i·ly adv. mush′i·ness n.
