soapy
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soapy
- /ˈsəʊpi/ UK
- /ˈsoʊpi/ US
Rhymes with -əʊpi
Where it comes from
From soap + -y. Compare German Low German sepig (“soapy”), German seifig (“soapy”), Swedish såpig (“soapy”).
adjective soapier · soapiest
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Resembling soap.
Bases dissolve skin oils and have a soapy feel to them.
Similar: soaplike
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Full of soap.
Near-synonym: soaped up
Similar: soaped up
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Covered in soap.
His skin was still soapy after the shower.
Similar: soaped up
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Resembling a soap opera.
The heightened worlds of darkly comedic satire and soapy high-school romance make it easy enough to roll with unrealistic casting choices—and that goes for stage musicals, too, where some level of artifice is built into the format.
Similar: soaplike
- Committing or involving flattery.
noun soapies
- An erotic massage that involves lots of soap and body contact.
Translations
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adj resembling soap
| Español | saponáceo |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | seifig, seifenartig |
| Русский | мы́льный mýlʹnyj |
adj covered in soap
| Español | enjabonado |
|---|---|
| Русский | мы́льный mýlʹnyj, намы́ленный namýlennyj |
adj resembling a soap opera
| Español | folletinesco |
|---|
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title = {soapy},
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