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Adjective: gooey (gooier,gooiest)  goo-ee
  1. Soft and sticky
    - icky
     
  2. Effusively or insincerely emotional
    "a gooey novel"
    - bathetic, drippy, hokey [N. Amer], maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy, cutesy, sappy [N. Amer]

Derived forms: gooier, gooiest

See also: adhesive, emotional, goo

Encyclopedia: Gooey