mushiness

Definitions of mushiness
  1. noun
    a mushy pulpy softness
    synonyms: pulpiness
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    type of:
    softness
    the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
  2. noun
    falsely emotional in a maudlin way
    synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness
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    types:
    corn
    something sentimental or trite
    schmaltz, schmalz, shmaltz
    (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
    sentimentalism
    a predilection for sentimentality
    type of:
    emotionalism, emotionality
    emotional nature or quality
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