mushy

adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Resembling mush in consistency; soft.
2. Informal.
   1. Excessively sentimental. See synonyms at sentimental.
   2. Given to or displaying mawkish affection or amorousness.

mushily mush'i·ly adv.
mushiness mush'i·ness n.

adjective

1. Yielding easily to pressure or weight; not firm: pappy¹, pulpous, pulpy, quaggy, soft, spongy, squashy, squishy, yielding. See resist/yield.
2. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional: bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy. Informal gooey, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy. Slang drippy, sappy, tear-jerking. See feelings.

adj

Definition: doughy, soft
Antonyms: firm, hard, stiff

adj

Definition: romantic, corny
Antonyms: unfeeling, unromantic, unsentimental

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: having the consistency of mush

Meaning #2: effusively or insincerely emotional
  Synonyms: bathetic, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - grødet, blød

Nederlands (Dutch)
papperig, halfzacht, wee

Français (French)
adj. - pâteux, en bouillie, spongieux, à l'eau de rose

Deutsch (German)
adj. - breiig, gefühlsduselig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πολτώδης, σαν χυλός, μαλακός, γλυκανάλατος, γλυκερός

Italiano (Italian)
spappolato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - polposo, sentimental

Русский (Russian)
мягкий, пористый, слащаво-сенти- ментальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - blando, mollar, empapado, sentimentaloide

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mosig, känslosam

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
浓粥状的, 感伤的, 糊状的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 濃粥狀的, 感傷的, 糊狀的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 걸쭉한, 연약한, 감성적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - かゆ状の, 感傷的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مرق, لزج, هلامي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רך, רכרוכי, דמוי-דייסה, רגשני‬

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