soppy
Americanadjective
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soaked, drenched, or very wet, as ground.
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rainy, as weather.
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British Slang. excessively sentimental; mawkish.
adjective
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wet or soggy
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informal silly or sentimental
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But he does an excellent job of squaring the fading man before his eyes—the soppy grandparent and proud father—with the “shadowy, mysterious, sometimes frightening, often absent” stock figure from his youth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
But she’s also a marriage-minded mercenary who can pitch one potential client on soppy platitudes about till death do you part, and immediately pivot to assuring a bride that it’s just a business deal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025
The soppy ground will keep any new rainfall from soaking in, increasing the risk of flash flooding with any new rain this weekend.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024
"I spend most Monday evenings in tears and I'm not a particularly soppy person."
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022
“Dios mio! Don’t go all soppy on me, Stella! You know I can’t let a girl cry alone.”
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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