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(informal) excessive sentimentality
Answer for the clue "(informal) excessive sentimentality ", 9 letters:
mushiness
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Word definitions for mushiness in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1890, from mushy + -ness . Figurative sense of "sentimentality" attested from 1946.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being mushy.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mushy pulpy softness (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music [syn: schmaltz , shmaltz , schmalz ]
Usage examples of mushiness.
We identify them by the cinnamon, sugar, and lemon juice with which they are always flavored in American cooking, along with their characteristic mushiness.