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soupy

[ soo-pee ]

adjective

, soup·i·er, soup·i·est.
  1. resembling soup in consistency:

    soupy oatmeal.

  2. very thick; dense:

    a soupy fog.

  3. Informal. overly sentimental; mawkish:

    soupy love scenes.



soupy

/ ˈsuːpɪ /

adjective

  1. having the appearance or consistency of soup
  2. informal.
    emotional 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of soupy1

First recorded in 1870–75; soup + -y 1
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Example Sentences

Upper 80s and low 90s, plus soupy humidity, is enough in most spots for plentiful shower and thunderstorm activity, which continues into and through the evening.

The thick fish smell wafted through the soupy air, and my skin went clammy.

Comedian Soupy Sales, pioneer of the pie-in-the-face prank, died Thursday at age 83.

Watch video of others who took a cream pie to the noggin after Soupy set the standard.

Well, if you ask ME, I'm glad you started off with it—this soupy stuff'd be the mischief to get away with with a fork.

Lockhart brought the Magellan down gradually, closer, closer, and finally sank it into the soupy atmosphere of Venus.

On one occasion he was ordered with his own troops and a body of Marathas to capture the little fort of Soupy.

Where he broke it away oozed a soupy liquid full of tiny maggots in a delirium of feasting.

They had plunged into very soupy weather with low clouds and some wind.

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