slushy

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/ˈslʌʃi/

adjective

Covered in slush.

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mushypappypuddingycurdygrumousmushlikepaplikepobby
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Meanings

adjectiveslushy (comparative slushier, superlative slushiest)

comparative slushier · superlative slushiest

  1. Covered in slush.

    I can remember, and not that long ago, when slushy mid-winter days like today always lead my feverish imagination down a murky hallway known as "shacking up."

    1987 February 8, Robert Storen, “On Being Cozy with Mister Right”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 29, page 7
  2. Having the consistency of slush.

    Synonyms: mushy, pappy, puddingy, curdy, grumous, mushlike, mushy, paplike

  3. figurativelyOf a person, soupy; sentimental.

    Synonyms: maudlin, mushy, soppy, bathetic, cheesy, squishy, corny, drippy

nounslushy (plural slushies)

plural slushies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of slushie (“flavoured frozen drink made with ice crystals”).
  2. AustraliacolloquialslangA kitchen helper.
  3. UKobsoleteslangA ship's cook.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving the consistency of slush.

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mushypappypuddingycurdygrumousmushlikemushypaplikepappypobbyporridgelikepuddingishpuddinglikepuddingypulplikepulpouspulpypultaceous

adjectiveOf a person, soupy; sentimental.

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maudlinmushysoppybatheticcheesysquishycornydrippygooeyhokeyickykitschkitschymaudlinmawkishmushyoveremotionaloversentimentaloverwroughtsappy

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivebeing or resembling melting snow

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unfrozen

adjectiveeffusively or insincerely emotional

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batheticdrippyhokeymaudlinmawkishkitschymushyschmaltzyschmalzysentimentalsappysoppysoupyemotional
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batheticdrippyhokeykitschymaudlinmawkishmushypulpysappyschmaltzysentimentalslushslushiesoppysoupyunfrozen

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From slush + -y. In the sense of a cook, from the sense of slush meaning to refuse grease and fat collected in cooking.

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Translations

Bulgarian кален, кишав
  • кален (kalen)covered in slush
  • кишав (kišav)having the consistency of slush
Māori kūrarirari, kūtere
  • kūrariraricovered in slush
  • kūterehaving the consistency of slush
  • kūrarirarihaving the consistency of slush
Polish rozmokły, błotnisty
  • rozmokłycovered in slush
  • błotnistycovered in slush
  • rozmokłyhaving the consistency of slush
  • błotnistyhaving the consistency of slush

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with slushy

mushybrushyplushieahjussilushielushyplushy
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Cite this entry
APA

slushy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slushy

MLA

“slushy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slushy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slushy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slushy.

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