🌨️ Wet and soft 🥤 A sweet drink 🥲 Too sentimental

slushy

1 5.4

Overly sentimental and emotional in a way that seems false

adjective
/ˈslʌʃi/

: sentimental

It may be October, but that does not put our fro-yo, gelato, milkshake, and slushy cravings at bay, and we should celebrate.

Examples

The slushy movie made us cry, but I thought it felt forced and unrealistic.
You won't need a pot of gold to get slushy slushy.
Sounds like Jose needs a kick in the Kardashians, a hug, and a wine slushy ... in that order.

Blog text (26)
The music elite hated Michael after this, as he wasn't a good little puppet like Elvis, who had his whole career dictated to him by Colonel Tom Parker, who moved him from rock 'n' roll to slushy middle-of-the-road pop music, terrible travelogue Hollywood movies, and later on turned him into a karaoke Las Vegas act!

Blog text (13)
After reading her slushy love letter, I wondered if she was being genuine.
Even the critics agreed that the ending was too slushy for their taste.

Synonyms

sentimental

vsslushy

165 4.5

Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional

is focused on shallow insincere excess rather than simple tenderness

cheesy

vsslushy

Informal

56 4.6

Feels too sentimental and silly, like a movie or card

is more about shallow emotional impact than authentic feeling

mushy

vsslushy

Informal

27 4.3

Showing too much emotion in a way that seems silly or fake

is judged more shallow and lacking sincere emotional depth

sappy

vsslushy

Offensive

23 7.0

Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake

is less playful and more shallow in emotional meaning

hokey

vsslushy

Informal

23 8.2

Showing fake feeling and too much emotion

is more shallow and emotionally unconvincing rather than subtle

sloppy

vsslushy

22 3.7

Too emotional in a way that seems not sincere

is more shallow and less emotionally nuanced

maudlin

vsslushy

8 8.0

Too emotional in a way that seems silly or not sincere

is more shallow and lacking genuine emotional depth

kitschy

vsslushy

8 8.2

Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste

is less about visual tackiness and more about shallow insincere feeling

gushy

vsslushy

6 7.0

Showing too much emotion in a way that feels silly

is less about open warmth and more about shallow insincere emotion

saccharine

vsslushy

5 7.9

Being too sweet or emotional in a way that seems false

is more bluntly shallow and lacking true emotional depth

cloying

vsslushy

3 8.2

Too sweet or emotional in a way that makes you feel sick

is more simply shallow and emotionally insincere rather than merely sweet

schmaltzy

vsslushy

Informal

2 8.7

Too emotional in a way that feels false or silly

is more shallow and lacking real emotional substance

mawkish

vsslushy

2 9.4

Showing feelings that are not real and too sweet

is felt as shallow and emotionally superficial rather than sincere

drippy

vsslushy

Offensive

1 7.9

Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake

is perceived as shallow and not genuinely moving

soppy

vsslushy

1 5.8

Too emotional and sentimental in a way that seems silly

is seen as shallow and lacking genuine emotional depth

bathetic

vsslushy

Literature

1 9.9

Too sentimental in a way that feels fake or silly

is simply shallow and emotionally insincere rather than a failed attempt to move

schmalzy

vsslushy

Informal

8.9

Being very emotional in a way that feels fake

is judged as shallow and not deeply felt rather than sincere

slobbery

vsslushy

Informal

4.9

Too sentimental and not sincere

is marked by shallow feeling rather than genuine emotion

soupy

vsslushy

Literature

6.8

Being too emotional in a cheap, false way

is not limited to art and instead describes shallow personal emotion

goopy

vsslushy

Informal

7.6

Too emotional and sweet in a way that feels fake

leans more toward shallow insincerity than genuine warmth

gloppy

vsslushy

Informal

8.3

Too sweet and emotional so it feels false

is more about shallow emotional form than true feeling

marshmallowy

vsslushy

Informal

6.3

Too sweet and sentimental in tone or style

is judged as shallow insincerity rather than tender sincerity

too soppy

vsslushy

7.5

Showing strong, simple feelings in a way that seems fake

is more about lacking depth and seeming insincere than sweetness

overly sugary

vsslushy

3.7

Having too much sugar in taste or feeling too emotional

is more about emotional shallowness and insincerity than sweetness

melty

vsslushy

Informal

7.1

Causing warm, tender feelings that make you feel moved

is not simply warm but judged as shallow and insincere

spoony

vsslushy

Offensive

9.9

Showing too much love in a silly, naive way

is broader and more generally shallow insincere emotion not only love

Antonyms

genuine

156 3.2

Truly felt and not fake, for example a smile or apology

stoic

1 6.3

A person who does not show strong feelings even when hurt or sad

How Sentimental

saccharine

5 7.9

mawkish

2 9.4

slushy

1 5.4

sentimental

165 4.5

restrained

5.3

Surface Forms

slushy positive

slushier comparative

slushiest superlative

Morphology

slushy = slush (semi-transparent) = slush + y

Morphologically regular (slush + -y) but the emotional 'sentimental' sense is a metaphorical extension from 'soft/wet', so the meaning is not fully predictable.

Etymology

Slushy can also mean overly sentimental; a helpful way to remember this is to imagine feelings that are like slush — soft, messy, and mushy. The word is built from slush ('soft, wet mass') and -y ('full of'), so calling something slushy says it is too soft or emotionally overdone.