Gooeyness
Gooeyness noun - The state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion).
Usage example: prefers the darkness of the original Grimms' fairy tales to the gooeyness of the modern cartoon versions
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Sappiness
Sappiness noun - The state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion).
Usage example: the over-the-top sappiness of the verse on the Valentine's Day card
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- sentiment and gooeyness
- sentiment and sappiness
- emotion and gooeyness
- emotion and sappiness
- sentimentality and gooeyness
- sentimentality and sappiness
- mush and gooeyness
- mush and sappiness
- corn and gooeyness
- corn and sappiness
- bathos and gooeyness
- bathos and sappiness
- mawkishness and gooeyness
- mawkishness and sappiness
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