"mushy" meaning in All languages combined

See mushy on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmʌ.ʃi/, /ˈmʊ.ʃi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mushy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mushier [comparative], more mushy [comparative], mushiest [superlative], most mushy [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌʃi, -ʊʃi Etymology: From mush + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mush|y}} mush + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} mushy (comparative mushier or more mushy, superlative mushiest or most mushy)
  1. Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular. Translations (resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular): кашест (kašest) (Bulgarian), rozměklý (Czech), kašovitý (Czech), rozbředlý (Czech), pâteux (French), matschig (German), breiig (German), labberig (German), tāhōhō (Maori), tāromiromi (Maori), blando (Spanish), pastoso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mushy-en-adj-Ph3A1ZN~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 7 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 69 6 25 Disambiguation of 'resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular': 97 1 2
  2. Soft; squishy. Translations (soft; squishy): měkký (Czech), mou (French), 柔らかい (yawarakai) (Japanese), tāhōhō (Maori), tāromiromi (Maori)
    Sense id: en-mushy-en-adj-UCQID~K8 Disambiguation of 'soft; squishy': 0 99 1
  3. Overly sappy, corny, or cheesy; maudlin. Translations (overly sappy, corny, or cheesy): sentimentální (Czech), limonádový (Czech), à l’eau de rose (French), fleur bleue (French), kitschig (German), слаща́вый (slaščávyj) (Russian), ñoño (Spanish), sensiblero (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mushy-en-adj-Om7qklay Disambiguation of 'overly sappy, corny, or cheesy': 2 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mushily, mushiness, mushy peas

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for mushy meaning in All languages combined (6.2kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mushily"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mushiness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mushy peas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mush",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "mush + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mush + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mushier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more mushy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mushiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most mushy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "mushy (comparative mushier or more mushy, superlative mushiest or most mushy)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 7 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 6 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't especially like mushy oatmeal."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular."
      ],
      "id": "en-mushy-en-adj-Ph3A1ZN~",
      "links": [
        [
          "consistency",
          "consistency"
        ],
        [
          "mush",
          "mush"
        ],
        [
          "semiliquid",
          "semiliquid"
        ],
        [
          "pasty",
          "pasty"
        ],
        [
          "granular",
          "granular"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kašest",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "кашест"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "rozměklý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "kašovitý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "rozbředlý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "pâteux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "matschig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "breiig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "labberig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "tāhōhō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "tāromiromi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "blando"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
          "word": "pastoso"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The brake pedal is mushy sometimes when I step on it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Soft; squishy."
      ],
      "id": "en-mushy-en-adj-UCQID~K8",
      "links": [
        [
          "Soft",
          "soft"
        ],
        [
          "squishy",
          "squishy"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "soft; squishy",
          "word": "měkký"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "soft; squishy",
          "word": "mou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yawarakai",
          "sense": "soft; squishy",
          "word": "柔らかい"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "soft; squishy",
          "word": "tāhōhō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "soft; squishy",
          "word": "tāromiromi"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Skip the mushy, romantic scenes and get to the action."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1948, The American Magazine, volume 145, page 122",
          "text": "I am sure the hostess will leave off her list men and women who usually drink too much, the woman who gets mushy and tries to steal all the handsomest husbands, the man who offensively would take this opportunity to try to build up sales contacts, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Overly sappy, corny, or cheesy; maudlin."
      ],
      "id": "en-mushy-en-adj-Om7qklay",
      "links": [
        [
          "sappy",
          "sappy"
        ],
        [
          "corny",
          "corny"
        ],
        [
          "cheesy",
          "cheesy"
        ],
        [
          "maudlin",
          "maudlin"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
          "word": "sentimentální"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
          "word": "limonádový"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
          "word": "à l’eau de rose"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
          "word": "fleur bleue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
          "word": "kitschig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slaščávyj",
          "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
          "word": "слаща́вый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
          "word": "ñoño"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
          "word": "sensiblero"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌ.ʃi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʊ.ʃi/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mushie"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌʃi"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊʃi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mushy.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mushy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mushy.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mushy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mushy.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mushy"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:English/ʊʃi",
    "Rhymes:English/ʊʃi/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌʃi",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌʃi/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mushily"
    },
    {
      "word": "mushiness"
    },
    {
      "word": "mushy peas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mush",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "mush + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mush + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mushier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more mushy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mushiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most mushy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "mushy (comparative mushier or more mushy, superlative mushiest or most mushy)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't especially like mushy oatmeal."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consistency",
          "consistency"
        ],
        [
          "mush",
          "mush"
        ],
        [
          "semiliquid",
          "semiliquid"
        ],
        [
          "pasty",
          "pasty"
        ],
        [
          "granular",
          "granular"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The brake pedal is mushy sometimes when I step on it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Soft; squishy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Soft",
          "soft"
        ],
        [
          "squishy",
          "squishy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Skip the mushy, romantic scenes and get to the action."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1948, The American Magazine, volume 145, page 122",
          "text": "I am sure the hostess will leave off her list men and women who usually drink too much, the woman who gets mushy and tries to steal all the handsomest husbands, the man who offensively would take this opportunity to try to build up sales contacts, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Overly sappy, corny, or cheesy; maudlin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sappy",
          "sappy"
        ],
        [
          "corny",
          "corny"
        ],
        [
          "cheesy",
          "cheesy"
        ],
        [
          "maudlin",
          "maudlin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌ.ʃi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʊ.ʃi/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mushie"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌʃi"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊʃi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mushy.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mushy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mushy.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mushy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mushy.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kašest",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "кашест"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "rozměklý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "kašovitý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "rozbředlý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "pâteux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "matschig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "breiig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "labberig"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "tāhōhō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "tāromiromi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "blando"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "resembling or having the consistency of mush; semi-liquid, pasty, or granular",
      "word": "pastoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "soft; squishy",
      "word": "měkký"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "soft; squishy",
      "word": "mou"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yawarakai",
      "sense": "soft; squishy",
      "word": "柔らかい"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "soft; squishy",
      "word": "tāhōhō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "soft; squishy",
      "word": "tāromiromi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
      "word": "sentimentální"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
      "word": "limonádový"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
      "word": "à l’eau de rose"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
      "word": "fleur bleue"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
      "word": "kitschig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slaščávyj",
      "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
      "word": "слаща́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
      "word": "ñoño"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "overly sappy, corny, or cheesy",
      "word": "sensiblero"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mushy"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.