soppy
soaked, drenched, or very wet, as ground.
rainy, as weather.
British Slang. excessively sentimental; mawkish.
Origin of soppy
1Other 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 DreiserThe elephant, Imogene, was bulked dimly in the first gray of a soppy dawn.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman DayThe little man's topknot was soppy with whiskey; his face was running with it; his eyes were full of it.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman DayI dunno—through the lungs, I guess; my sleeve's gitting soppy right under his shoulder.
Flying U Ranch | B. M. BowerI 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
/ (ˈsɒpɪ) /
wet or soggy
British informal silly or sentimental
Derived forms of soppy
- soppily, adverb
- soppiness, noun
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