sop·py

(sŏp′ē)

adj. sop·pi·er, sop·pi·est

1. Soaked; sopping.

2. Rainy.

3. Sentimental; maudlin.

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soppy

(ˈsɒpɪ)

adj, -pier or -piest

1. wet or soggy

2. informal Brit silly or sentimental

ˈsoppily adv

ˈsoppiness n

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sop•py

(ˈsɒp i)

adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.

1. soaked or drenched.

2. rainy.

3. excessively sentimental; mawkish.

[1605–15]

sop′pi•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	soppy - wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" sodden wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	2.	soppy - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soupy, mushy, drippy emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"

soppy

adjective (Brit. informal) sentimental, corny (slang), slushy (informal), soft (informal), silly, daft (informal), weepy (informal), mawkish, drippy (informal), lovey-dovey, schmaltzy (slang), icky (informal), gushy (informal), overemotional, three-hankie (informal) She loves soppy love stories.

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soppy

adjective

1. Covered with or full of liquid:

sodden, soggy, sopping, wet.

2. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional:

bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soft.

Informal: gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy.

Slang: drippy, sappy, tear-jerking.

Translations

عَاطِفِيّ

sladký

drivende sentimental

rührselig sentimental larmoyant

σαχλός

sensiblero sentimentaloide

siirappinen

mélo

sentimentalan

svenevole inzuppato

いやにセンチメンタルな

감상적인

sentimental

มีอารมณ์อ่อนไหวมากเกินไป

aşırı duygusal

ủy mị

多愁善感的

soppy

[ˈsɒpɪ] ADJ (soppier (compar) (soppiest (superl)))

1. (= mushy) → sentimentaloide

2. (= foolish) → bobo, tonto

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soppy

[ˈsɒpi] adj (British) [person,] → fleur bleue inv; [film, book, music] → à l'eau de rose

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

soppy

adj (Brit inf) (= sentimental) book, song → schmalzig (inf); person → sentimental; look → schmachtend; (= effeminate) → weibisch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

soppy

[ˈsɒpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Brit) (fam) (sentimental) → sdolcinato/a; (silly) → sciocco/a

soppy

→ عَاطِفِيّ sladký drivende sentimental rührselig σαχλός sensiblero, sentimentaloide siirappinen mélo sentimentalan svenevole いやにセンチメンタルな 감상적인 sentimenteel søkkvåt ckliwy piegas слезливый sentimental มีอารมณ์อ่อนไหวมากเกินไป aşırı duygusal ủy mị 多愁善感的

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References in classic literature

There, we'll hang your soppy hat on the nail, put your jacket over the chair rail, an' then you turn your back to the stove an' dry yourself good."

View in context

'It is impossible that the inhabitants of such a lovely place as we saw can be anything else but good fellows; and if you choose rather to perish with hunger in one of these soppy caverns, I for one prefer to chance a bold descent into the valley, and risk the consequences'.

View in context

It 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.

View in context

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I often find myself pleading, 'Can't I write a really droopy, soppy girl?' and they say, 'No, they've got to be strong and independent"' - Screenwriter Andrew Davies.

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Soppy Sarah might have got a soaking but she'd never have drowned with shoulder pads that size.

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And, of course, lovely Rita Ora and the soppy gang spent all night assuring the no-hopers they were wonderful.

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And as I am not a soppy, emotional person, I won't crumple when I'm told my performing days are over" Veteran jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, 83, below "The world must see us as the most war-mongering nation on Earth.

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