soppy

[ 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.

Nearby words

soporiferous, soporific, soporose, soporous, sopping, soppy, sopranino, soprano, soprano clef, sopwith, sora

Origin of soppy

First recorded in 1605–15; sop + -y¹

Related forms

sop·pi·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for soppy

The rutty, soppy road, soon after it leaves the doctors estate, straggles unfenced through half a mile of mazy woodland.
The Doctor's Red Lamp|Various
An we had a red timeay, now, believe me: a soppy red time of it among the swiles that day!
Every Man for Himself|Norman Duncan
Soppy could hear no more—led away behind the curtain by the King's Lieutenant.
What Will He Do With It, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
You could feel the cold, wet drizzle, the soppy tracks, the weariness of "throwing switches."
The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser

She had tried to talk to the boys and found them soppy, and herself soppy, and everything soppy.
Coquette|Frank Swinnerton

British Dictionary definitions for soppy

soppy

/ (ˈsɒpɪ) /

adjective -pier or -piest

wet or soggy

British informal silly or sentimental

Derived Forms

soppily, adverbsoppiness, noun

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soppy

adjective, sop·pi·er, sop·pi·est.

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Origin of soppy

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British Dictionary definitions for soppy

soppy

adjective -pier or -piest

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