soppy

[ sop-ee ]
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adjective,sop·pi·er, sop·pi·est.
  1. soaked, drenched, or very wet, as ground.

  2. rainy, as weather.

  1. British Slang. excessively sentimental; mawkish.

Origin of soppy

1
First recorded in 1605–15; sop + -y1

Other words from soppy

  • sop·pi·ness, noun

Words Nearby soppy

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How to use soppy in a sentence

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

    The "Genius" | Theodore Dreiser
  • 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.

    Flying U Ranch | B. M. Bower
  • I did not poll for him, nor did I solicit a soul in his behalf; yet soppy won the election by a considerable majority.

    George Cruikshank's Omnibus | George Cruikshank

British Dictionary definitions for soppy

soppy

/ (ˈsɒpɪ) /


adjective-pier or -piest
  1. wet or soggy

  2. British informal silly or sentimental

Derived forms of soppy

  • soppily, adverb
  • soppiness, noun

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