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[ sop-ee ]
/ ˈsɒp i /
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adjective, sop·pi·er, sop·pi·est.

soaked, drenched, or very wet, as ground.
rainy, as weather.
British Slang. excessively sentimental; mawkish.

RELATED WORDS

clammy, dank, foggy, humid, misty, muggy, pouring, rainy, saturate, saturated, slimy, slippery, slushy, snowy, soaked, sodden, soggy, sopping, soused, stormy

Nearby words

  1. soporiferous,
  2. soporific,
  3. soporose,
  4. soporous,
  5. sopping,
  6. sopranino,
  7. soprano,
  8. soprano clef,
  9. sopwith,
  10. sora

Origin of soppy

First recorded in 1605–15; sop + -y1
Related formssop·pi·ness, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for soppy

soppy

/ (ˈsɒpɪ) /

adjective -pier or -piest

wet or soggy
British informal silly or sentimental
Derived Formssoppily, adverbsoppiness, noun
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Word Origin and History for soppy

soppy

adj.

"very wet," 1823, from sop + -y (2). Meaning "sentimental" first recorded 1918. Related: Soppiness.

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