Thesaurus / mushy
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The Novablast 2 delivers an ultra-plush ride that stops just short of feeling mushy.
THE RUNNING SHOES THAT ALMOST MADE OUR 2022 WINTER BUYER’S GUIDEAGINTZLERNOVEMBER 7, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThe sweet potatoes here retain their texture, a relative rarity in the world of mushy bagged meals, while pumpkin seeds and lemon give it both bite and kick.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR LEAF-PEEPING HIKE TASTE LIKE FALL, TOOAWISEOCTOBER 26, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEWhether you’ve ended up with overcooked and mushy slop or undercooked and crunchy grains, there seems to be some ineffable art—or science—to getting it just right.
BEST RICE COOKER FOR PERFECT RICE EVERY TIMECEMILE KAVOUNTZISOCTOBER 13, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEOur mushy brains seem a far cry from the solid silicon chips in computer processors, but scientists have a long history of comparing the two.
HOW COMPUTATIONALLY COMPLEX IS A SINGLE NEURON?ALLISON WHITTENSEPTEMBER 2, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINEWhen something is not easily measured, it often gets talked about in mushy or ideological terms.
THE U.S. IS JUST DIFFERENT — SO LET’S STOP PRETENDING WE’RE NOT (EP. 469)STEPHEN J. DUBNERJULY 15, 2021FREAKONOMICSSuch words cannot be indefinite, mushy words; they must be definite, firm words.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTERYou had accumulated a large load and were in a pretty mushy condition.
FRANK MERRIWELL'S PURSUITBURT L. STANDISHWell, take this awful bunch of mushy slush and read it through, and then try to make a decent half-column story out of it.
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMMIRVIN S. COBBSomething mushy and heavily soft like raised dough leaned against Jim's leg and chewed his trousers with a yeasty growl.
SIXES AND SEVENSO. HENRYBut in any case the letter should not be long, nor should it be crammed with sad quotations and mushy sentiment.
HOW TO WRITE LETTERS (FORMERLY THE BOOK OF LETTERS)MARY OWENS CROWTHERWORDS RELATED TO MUSHY
- affected
- affectionate
- bathetic
- corny
- demonstrative
- dewy-eyed
- dreamy
- effusive
- gushing
- gushy
- idealistic
- impressionable
- inane
- insipid
- jejune
- languishing
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- maudlin
- mawkish
- moonstruck
- mushy
- nostalgic
- overacted
- overemotional
- passionate
- pathetic
- romantic
- rosewater
- saccharine
- sappy
- schmaltzy
- silly
- simpering
- sloppy
- slushy
- soapy
- sobby
- soft
- softhearted
- soppy
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tearful
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
- all heart
- amorous
- benevolent
- bleeding-heart
- caring
- charitable
- commiserative
- compassionate
- considerate
- demonstrative
- emotional
- evocative
- fond
- forgiving
- gentle
- humane
- kind
- lenient
- lovey-dovey
- merciful
- mild
- moving
- mushy
- poignant
- responsive
- romantic
- sensitive
- sentimental
- soft
- softhearted
- solicitous
- sympathetic
- tenderhearted
- thoughtful
- ticklish
- tolerant
- touching
- touchy
- warm
- warmhearted
- yielding
- all heart
- amorous
- benevolent
- bleeding-heart
- caring
- charitable
- commiserative
- compassionate
- considerate
- demonstrative
- emotional
- evocative
- fond
- forgiving
- gentle
- humane
- kind
- lenient
- lovey-dovey
- merciful
- mild
- moving
- mushy
- poignant
- responsive
- romantic
- sensitive
- sentimental
- soft
- softhearted
- solicitous
- sympathetic
- tenderhearted
- thoughtful
- ticklish
- tolerant
- touching
- touchy
- warm
- warmhearted
- yielding
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