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Dictionary: Slush·y

a. (slŬsh")

Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy. «A dark, drizzling, slushy day.» Blackw. Mag.


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  1. Of, relating to, or covered with slime: miry, mucky, oozy, slimy, sludgy. See clean/dirty.
  2. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional: bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, sentimental, sobby, soft, soppy. Informal gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy. Slang drippy, sappy, tear-jerking. See feelings.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: being or resembling melting snow

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


 
 
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