mushy
adjective (SOFT) /ˈmʌʃ.i/Definition
› soft and having no firm shape: Cook the lentils until they are mushy.disapproving The meat was mushy and tasteless.Various qualities of food
(Definition of mushy adjective (SOFT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Various qualities of food, but you might be interested in these topics from the Food topic area:
- Additives in food & drinks
- Beans & pulses
- Biscuits
- Bread
- Cakes
- Cereals
- Cheese
- Cuts of meat
- Dairy products & eggs
- Edible & inedible
- Fats & oils in food & cooking
- Fish & seafood
- Flavours & tastes
- Flavours - spicy
- Flavours - sweet
- Flour & yeast
- Food - general words
- Forms of potatoes as food
- Herbs & spices
- Jams & spreads
- Kinds of meat
- Meat - general words
- Not pleasant to eat or drink
- Organs eaten as meat
- Pancakes & batter
- Pasta
- Pastry & pies
- Pleasant to eat or drink
- Prepared salads
- Puddings, desserts & ices
- S&wiches & snacks
- Sauces, dressings, dips & pickles
- Sausages, burgers & stuffings
- Savoury dishes
- Soups
- Sugar & sugar substitutes
- Sweets
- Types of edible nut
- Types of fruit
- Types of vegetable
- Vitamins & minerals
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “mushy”
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- cordon bleu adjective
- creamy adjective
- crispy adjective
- crunchy adjective
- crusty adjective (HARD LAYER)
- diet adjective
- isotonic adjective
- kosher adjective
- lean adjective (NO FAT)
- long-life adjective
- macrobiotic adjective
- mealy adjective
- non-fat adjective
- raw adjective (NOT COOKED)
- salt adjective
- starchy adjective (FOOD)
- sugar-free adjective
- unsliced adjective
- untouched adjective
- vinegary adjective
Topic:
Various qualities of food
Word of the Day
ride (out) the storm
to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
