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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Not compatible with reality: idealistic, quixotic, starry-eyed, unrealistic, utopian, visionary. See HOPE, REAL. 2. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional: bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy. Informal : gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy. Slang : drippy, sappy, tear-jerking. See FEELINGS.
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