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mushy

mushy

18 2.0
Soft and wet like cooked vegetables or very ripe bananas
  • adjective
  • /ˈmʌʃi/
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  • 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.

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Examples

  • Mac and cheese just looks like mushy oatmeal.

  • If they get soft, if they start to, if they start to get mushy, they're dead.

  • Find out what makes your produce go mushy and brown with this video.

  • Not too dry, not too mushy and soft.

  • I made it too mushy.

  • That bread is mushy and there is no spoon.

  • You can smell and see that bright green and and tender eventually becomes mushy and dull.

  • You want soft, mushy drapes for a sweater like this.

  • 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

squishy
vsmushy
  • Informal
32 3.0

Soft and easy to squeeze, often a little wet and spongy

is less springy and more fully pulpy and wet
doughy
vsmushy
6 4.6

Soft and slightly sticky inside like undercooked bread

is looser and more broken, with a softer pulpy feel
pulpy
vsmushy
5 4.5

Soft and wet like mashed fruit

is similar but feels looser and wetter in texture
slushy
vsmushy
  • UK
4 2.0

Wet, soft snow that is partly melted

is pulpy and soft rather than cold, melting moisture
goopy
vsmushy
2 5.6

Thick and sticky in a wet, unpleasant way

is similarly wet but more uniformly soft and pulp like
1 2.8

Easy to press and feels like a sponge

is softer and more broken down into a wet pulp
squashy
vsmushy
1 3.6

Soft and easy to crush, often wet or spongy

is more collapsed into a wet, pulpy consistency rather than spongy
melty
vsmushy
  • Informal
1 3.8

Soft and gooey when warm, often used for food

is soft and pulpy regardless of temperature rather than melted
sludgy
vsmushy
1 4.8

Thick, soft, and wet like mud that makes walking hard

is softer and less heavy, more like broken pulp than sludge
soft and gooey
vsmushy
1 2.5

Food that is soft to touch with a sticky, melted inside

is less sticky and more uniformly pulpy in texture
squelchy
vsmushy
1 6.1

Soft, wet ground that makes a sucking sound when you step on it

is defined by texture rather than by noisy wetness or sound
pappy
vsmushy
7.6

Soft and mushy in texture like overcooked porridge

is similarly pulpy but more neutral in taste and use
to mushed up
vsmushy
4.8

To press something until soft, like bananas or cake

refers to that pulpy result rather than the action causing it
soft and ploppy
vsmushy
7.0

Feels squishy and a little wet when pressed

is wetter and more broken down into a soft wet mass
stewy
vsmushy
5.1

Soft, moist texture like a thick soup

is more pulpy and smooth rather than chunky like stew
softish
vsmushy
3.0

Having a little give when you press it

is much more broken down and turned into a wet pulp

Antonyms

325 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

30 1.0

Hard and solid to the touch, not easily pressed

Compounds

1 4.5

A soft side dish made from peas cooked until thick, often served with fish and chips

How Soft

soggy
17 1.9
mushy
18 2.0
soft
552 1.0
tender
56 1.0

Surface Forms

mushy positive
mushier comparative
mushiest superlative

Morphology

mushy = mush (transparent) = mush + y

A straightforward adjective formed from the noun 'mush' with the productive adjectival suffix -y to mean 'having the quality of mush'.

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'.