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| Main Entry: | mush |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | boiled meal |
| Synonyms: | cereal, porridge, Indian meal, hasty pudding, hominy, samp, sepawn, sepon, supawn |
| Main Entry: | mush |
| Part of Speech: | noun2 |
| Definition: | any soft mass |
| Synonyms: | batter, dough, mash, pulp, slush |
| Main Entry: | mush |
| Part of Speech: | noun3 |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
| Synonyms: | affectation, gush*, maudlinism, mawkishness, romanticism, schmaltz*, sentimentalism, superficiality, tear-jerker* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bathos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sentimentality |
| Synonyms: | anticlimax, comedown, letdown, mush, melodrama, schmaltz |
| Notes: | bathos is an abrupt, unintended transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace while pathos is a quality that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow |
| Main Entry: | batter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture before baking |
| Synonyms: | concoction, dough, mix, mush*, paste, preparation, recipe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flattery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false praise, compliments |
| Synonyms: | adulation, applause, approbation, blarney*, commendation, encomium, eulogy, fawning*, flattering, gallantry, gratification, incense, laud, mush*, palaver, plaudits, puffery*, smoke*, snow*, snow job*, stroke*, sweet talk*, tribute, blandishment, bootlicking, cajolery, eyewash, flummery, fulsomeness, hokum, honeyed words, ingratiation, jive*, obsequiousness, pretty speech, servility, soft words, soft-soap, sycophancy, toadyism, truckling, unctuousness |
| Antonyms: | condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense, belittlement, castigation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch one's lips to another's |
| Synonyms: | blow, brush, glance, graze, greet, lip*, make out*, mush*, neck*, osculate, peck, salute, smack*, smooch*, French*, butterfly*, pucker up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pulp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flesh of plant, animal |
| Synonyms: | batter, dough, jam, marrow, mash, mush, paste, poultice, sponge, triturate, curd, grume, pap, pomace, sarcocarp, semisolid, soft part |
| Main Entry: | smooch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kiss |
| Synonyms: | greet, lip*, make out*, mush*, neck*, park*, peck, smack, French*, butterfly*, pucker up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mouth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | aperture, beak, box, cavity, clam, crevice, door, entrance, estuary, funnel, gate, harbor, inlet, mush*, orifice, portal, rim, trap*, yap*, chops, delta, embouchement, firth, fly trap, gills, gob, jaws, kisser, lips |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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