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soppy

[ sop-ee ]

adjective

, sop·pi·er, sop·pi·est.
  1. soaked, drenched, or very wet, as ground.
  2. rainy, as weather.
  3. British Slang. excessively sentimental; mawkish.


soppy

/ ˈsɒpɪ /

adjective

  1. wet or soggy
  2. informal.
    silly or sentimental


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsoppiness, noun
  • ˈsoppily, adverb

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Other Words From

  • soppi·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of soppy1

First recorded in 1605–15; sop + -y 1

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Example Sentences

You could feel the cold, wet drizzle, the soppy tracks, the weariness of "throwing switches."

The elephant, Imogene, was bulked dimly in the first gray of a soppy dawn.

The little man's topknot was soppy with whiskey; his face was running with it; his eyes were full of it.

I dunno—through the lungs, I guess; my sleeve's gitting soppy right under his shoulder.

I did not poll for him, nor did I solicit a soul in his behalf; yet Soppy won the election by a considerable majority.

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