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- [muhsh-ee, moo sh-ee]
- /ˈmʌʃ i, ˈmʊʃ i/
- /ˈmʌʃ.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [muhsh-ee, moo sh-ee]
- /ˈmʌʃ i, ˈmʊʃ i/
Definitions of mushy word
- adjective mushy resembling mush; pulpy. 1
- adjective mushy Informal. overly emotional or sentimental: mushy love letters. 1
- noun mushy Soft and pulpy. 1
- adjective mushy soft in consistency 1
- adjective mushy excessively sentimental 1
- adjective mushy Vegetables and fruit that are mushy are soft and have lost most of their shape. 0
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Origin of mushy
First appearance:
before 1830 One of the 36% newest English words
First recorded in 1830-40; mush1 + -y1
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Parts of speech for Mushy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mushy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mushy
adj mushy
- muddy — abounding in or covered with mud.
- spongy — of the nature of or resembling a sponge; light, porous, and elastic or readily compressible, as pith or bread.
- squishy — soft and wet: The ground was squishy from the rain.
- gelatinous — having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.
- pap — a teat; nipple.
adjective mushy
- soggy — soaked; thoroughly wet; sodden.
- soft — yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
- squidgy — Something that is squidgy is soft and can be squashed easily.
- doughy — of or like dough, especially in being soft and heavy or pallid and flabby: a doughy consistency; a fat, doughy face.
- gooey — like or covered with goo; sticky; viscid.
Antonyms for mushy
adj mushy
- unfeeling — not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.
- unromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- unemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
adjective mushy
- firm — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
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