mushy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   soft, wet, and lacking a firm shape or texture, like mush

   The snow became mushy as the afternoon temperature rose.

2. 2
   adj

   soft or unresponsive when pressure is applied, especially of a control or surface

   The brake pedal felt mushy and needed inspection.

3. 3
   adj

   informal: excessively sentimental or emotionally effusive

   The film's ending was romantic without becoming mushy.

Formed from mush + -y. The physical sense describes a soft, porridge-like consistency; the emotional sense extends that lack of firmness to excessive sentimentality.

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