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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental |
| Synonyms: | affected, affectionate, bathetic, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy*, effusive, gushing, gushy, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, mawkish, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotional, passionate, pathetic, romantic, rosewater, saccharine*, sappy*, schmaltzy, silly, simpering, sloppy*, soapy, sobby, soft, softhearted, soppy, sugary, sweet, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | juicy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moist |
| Synonyms: | dank, dewy, dripping, humid, liquid, luscious, lush, mellow, oily, oozy, pulpy, sappy, saturated, sauced, slippery, slushy, soaked, sodden, succulent, syrupy, viscid, watery, wet |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | muddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark and cloudy |
| Synonyms: | addled, bemired, bespattered, black, blurred, boggy, caked, confused, dingy, dirty, dull, filthy, flat, foul, fuzzy, gloomy, greasy, grimy, grubby, gummy, gunky, hazy, impure, indistinct, marshy, miry, mucky, obscure, opaque, roily, sloppy, slushy, smoky, sodden, soggy, soiled, subfuse, swampy, turbid, unclean, unclear |
| Antonyms: | bright, clean, clear |
| Main Entry: | mushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doughy, soft |
| Synonyms: | gelatinous, jelled, mashy, muddy, pap, pastelike, pulpous, pulpy, quaggy, semiliquid, semisolid, slushy, spongy, squashy, squishy |
| Antonyms: | hard, stiff |
| Main Entry: | mushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | romantic, corny |
| Synonyms: | bathetic, effusive, emotional, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, saccharine, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy*, slushy, soppy, sugary, syrupy, tear-jerking, weepy, wet |
| Antonyms: | unfeeling, unromantic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish, sentimental |
| Synonyms: | absurd, balmy, bathetic, crazy*, drippy, idiotic, illogical, insane, loony, maudlin, mushy, preposterous, silly, slushy, soppy, sticky*, stupid |
| Antonyms: | realistic, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emotional, romantic |
| Synonyms: | affected, affectionate, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy, effusive, gushing, gushy, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotional, passionate, pathetic, rosewater, saccharine*, sappy*, schmaltzy, silly, simpering, sloppy*, slushy, soapy, soft, softhearted, sugary, sweet, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy |
| Antonyms: | hard-hearted, indifferent, pragmatic, unemotional, unromantic, unsentimental |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sloppy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | messy |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bedraggled, botched, careless, clumsy, dingy, dirty, disheveled, inattentive, mediocre, muddy, not clean, poor, slapdash, slipshod, slovenly, sludgy, slushy, splashy, tacky*, unkempt, unthorough, untidy, watery, wet |
| Antonyms: | clean, neat, orderly, tidy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damp, moist |
| Synonyms: | aqueous, clammy, dank, dewy, drenched, dripping, drizzling, foggy, humid, misty, moistened, muggy, pouring, raining, rainy, saturate, saturated, showery, slimy, slippery, slushy, snowy, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, stormy, teary, teeming, water-logged, watery, wringing-wet |
| Antonyms: | dehydrated, dry |
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