mushy
- adjective
- /ˈmʌʃi/
- After cooking, the potatoes were soft and mushy enough to be easily mashed.
Now I like when they're firm because a mushy blueberry sucks.
- Now I like when they're firm because a mushy blueberry sucks.
- The rice cake is so like chewy and mushy, like kind of like a Jelly Bean.
- If they get soft, if they start to, if they start to get mushy, they're dead.
- See, one of them is clicky and one of them is mushy.
- Either way, I didn't go for it, so I had a mushy ass ramen.
Examples
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Mac and cheese just looks like mushy oatmeal.
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If they get soft, if they start to, if they start to get mushy, they're dead.
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Find out what makes your produce go mushy and brown with this video.
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Not too dry, not too mushy and soft.
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I made it too mushy.
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That bread is mushy and there is no spoon.
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You can smell and see that bright green and and tender eventually becomes mushy and dull.
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You want soft, mushy drapes for a sweater like this.
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The increasing air temperatures that accompanied the spring turned the snow into the consistency of mushy mashed potatoes.
Fiction book (2001) -
These onions are mushy.
Synonyms
Soft and easy to squeeze, often a little wet and spongy
Soft and slightly sticky inside like undercooked bread
Soft and wet like mashed fruit
Wet, soft snow that is partly melted
Thick and sticky in a wet, unpleasant way
Easy to press and feels like a sponge
Soft and easy to crush, often wet or spongy
Soft and gooey when warm, often used for food
Thick, soft, and wet like mud that makes walking hard
Food that is soft to touch with a sticky, melted inside
Soft, wet ground that makes a sucking sound when you step on it
Soft and mushy in texture like overcooked porridge
To press something until soft, like bananas or cake
Feels squishy and a little wet when pressed
Soft, moist texture like a thick soup
Having a little give when you press it
Antonyms
Compounds
- UK
A soft side dish made from peas cooked until thick, often served with fish and chips
How Soft
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mushy comes from mush, a kind of soft porridge, and is like mash in 'mashed' potatoes; that image of crushed food helps you remember mushy means 'soft and pulpy'.