sludge

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of SLUDGE

soft wet earth <after a day of heavy rain, the fairgrounds had turned into pure sludge>

Synonyms guck (or gook), mire, muck, ooze, slime, slop, sludge, slush

Related Words gumbo, silt; clay, dirt, gravel, humus, loam, sand, soil

something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental <I can't bring myself to read that sludge>

Synonyms goo, mush, schmaltz (also schmalz), sludge, slush, soap opera, sorghum

Related Words claptrap, drivel, rubbish, tripe

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