soppy

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soppy

  • /ˈsɒpi/

Rhymes with -ɒpi

Where it comes from

From sop + -y. In sense 2, unrelated etymologically to sappy (“excessively emotional”).

adjective soppier · soppiest

  1. Very wet; sodden, soaked. Yarmouth […] looked rather spongy and soppy, I thought, as I carried my eye over the great dull waste that lay across the river; and I could not help wondering, if the world were really as round as my geography book said, how any part of it came to be so flat.

    Similar: drenched, soggy, waterlogged, bewatered, damp, dripping, drunk, humid, irriguous, madid, moist, moisty

  2. figuratively, informal Overly sentimental, maudlin, schmaltzy. Listen, those men will only turn soppy and puppy-dog eyed as soon as your turn to leave.

    Similar: mushy, sappy, treacly, bathetic, cheesy, squishy, corny, drippy, gooey, hokey, icky, kitsch

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adj sentimental

Españolsentimentaloide, muy sentimental, sensiblero
Françaismièvre
Ελληνικάσαχλός sachlós
Românăsentimental, emoționant

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@misc{soppy_2026,
  title = {soppy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soppy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}