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soppy

American  
[sop-ee] / ˈsɒp i /

adjective

soppier, soppiest
  1. soaked, drenched, or very wet, as ground.

  2. rainy, as weather.

  3. British Slang. excessively sentimental; mawkish.


soppy British  
/ ˈsɒpɪ /

adjective

  1. wet or soggy

  2. informal silly or sentimental

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of soppy

First recorded in 1605–15; sop + -y 1


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Duchamp’s affect of soppy detachment, his mask since Europe rejected him, came to define his New York work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

"Not to get all soppy, but it's just something I never thought I would have", says Jo, who previously starred in the musical & Juliet and uses they/them pronouns.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2024

“It sounds incredibly soppy, but, in a sense, I’m conversing with them when I’m working,” Auerbach said.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023

The lyrics are soppy, but Jacques delivers the maternal sentiment with a thunderous passion worthy of Jennifer Holliday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2022

And anyway, she had to act like she was cool about it, otherwise things would just get soppy.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

The supermarket cafe they work in is described with humorous insight and the device of another minor car crash is just right, but this plot is soppier and lacks the startling imagery of the first.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2013

He sentimentalizes virtue, just as Chaplin did in the soppier passages of his own work.

From Time Magazine Archive

The soppiest dog, as usual, is the one that looks most fierce, a french mastiff.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2012

Whatever the case, it’s dispiriting that the draggiest, soppiest scenes in “Hall Pass,” as well as the most disgusting gag, involve women.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2011

Norman Blake – guitar and drum machine – is possibly the soppiest songwriter in Britain, having co-piloted Scottish guitar heroes Teenage Fanclub through 20 years of lovelorn rock.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2011

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