soupy

[soo-pee]

adjective

soupier, soupiest 

1. resembling soup in consistency.

   soupy oatmeal.

2. very thick; dense.

   a soupy fog.

3. Informal.,  overly sentimental; mawkish.

   soupy love scenes.

soupy

/ ˈsuːpɪ /

adjective

1. having the appearance or consistency of soup

2. informal,  emotional or sentimental

Word History and Origins

Origin of soupy¹

First recorded in 1870–75; soup + -y ¹

Example Sentences

On Venus, sounds that are caused by solid objects vibrating, like harmonicas or reed organ pipes, would be pitched down because the atmosphere is dense and soupy.

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It was while peeling a knotty hunk of ginger in a soupy kitchen that I first began to appreciate the fine art of slowing down.

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“Its beautiful stuff, all charred, but still there,” she said, adding: “The rain brings an urgency to getting the stuff out before its becomes a soupy mess.”

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This isn’t the soupy liberal message of a yard sign.

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The scenic design by Lawrence E. Moten III recreates this soupy milieu so vividly that I found myself swatting away invisible mosquitoes.

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Related Words

• maudlin 
• mushy 
• syrupy