as in sentimentality
the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion) prefers mindless action movies to the "mushiness" of romantic comedies
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Recent Examples of mushiness The best designs are mindful of factors like drainage to prevent mushiness and use materials that won’t cling to your soap (ceramic and silicone, for example). —
Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mushiness
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Maybe her most important one is the raw sentimentality that pervades even seemingly vapid moments.— E.R. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
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Those songs, with their tinniness and their sentimentality, still had a visceral pull.— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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The Academy historically goes for sentimentalism.— Joe Reid, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
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McBride is less interested in exploring another motivation for saving locks of hair: the particular sentimentalism that made people cherish the hair of loved ones, especially those who had died, or of honored forebears.— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
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“Mushiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/mushiness. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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