MUSHINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Falsely emotional in a maudlin way

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("mushiness" is a kind of...):

emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mushiness"):

corn (something sentimental or trite)

schmaltz; schmalz; shmaltz ((Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music)

sentimentalism (a predilection for sentimentality)

Derivation:

mushy (effusively or insincerely emotional)

Meaning:

A mushy pulpy softness

Synonyms:

mushiness; pulpiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("mushiness" is a kind of...):

softness (the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded)

Derivation:

mushy (having the consistency of mush)