mushiness

mushiness
mushiness (n.) 1890, from MUSHY (Cf. mushy) + -NESS (Cf. -ness). Figurative sense of "sentimentality" attested from 1946.

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  • mushiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional: bathos, maud linism, mawkishness, sentimentalism, sentimentality. Informal: mush, schmaltz, schmahziness, sloppiness. Slang: sappiness. See… …   English dictionary for students

  • mushiness — mʌʃɪnɪs n. sentimentalism, sweetness, nostalgia; resembling mush, quality of being squishy …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mushiness — mush·i·ness …   English syllables

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