soppy

[ sop-ee ]

adjective

, sop·pi·er, sop·pi·est.

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

soppy

/ ˈsɒpɪ /

adjective

1. wet or soggy
2. informal.
   silly or sentimental

Derived Forms

• ˈsoppily, adverb
• ˈsoppiness, noun

Other Words From

• soppi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of soppy¹

First recorded in 1605–15; sop + -y ¹

Example Sentences

You could feel the cold, wet drizzle, the soppy tracks, the weariness of "throwing switches."

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The elephant, Imogene, was bulked dimly in the first gray of a soppy dawn.

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The little man's topknot was soppy with whiskey; his face was running with it; his eyes were full of it.

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I dunno—through the lungs, I guess; my sleeve's gitting soppy right under his shoulder.

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I did not poll for him, nor did I solicit a soul in his behalf; yet Soppy won the election by a considerable majority.

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