soupy
Americanadjective
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resembling soup in consistency.
soupy oatmeal.
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very thick; dense.
a soupy fog.
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Informal. overly sentimental; mawkish.
soupy love scenes.
adjective
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having the appearance or consistency of soup
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informal emotional or sentimental
Etymology
Origin of soupy
Explanation
Soupy things have the texture and thickness of soup. If the sidewalk is covered in soupy, half-frozen slush, you'll want to wear your boots. Anything that reminds you of soup, especially in consistency, is soupy. Your favorite dish at an Indian restaurant might be a spicy, soupy mix of spinach and cheese, although you may prefer the cardamom ice cream to the soupy rice pudding for dessert. You can also use soupy for something that's overly sentimental or sappy: "She sent me this soupy Valentine's Day card, but I was hoping for chocolates."
Example Sentences
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The soupy stuff ejected by our Sun can reach temperatures of up to 1,000,000 Kelvin, which is more than 2500 times hotter than a freshly made pumpkin soup!
From Space Scoop • Nov. 19, 2025
Well, hopefully the food—what do they eat, reddish potato-y soupy things?—is good.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2025
It was while peeling a knotty hunk of ginger in a soupy kitchen that I first began to appreciate the fine art of slowing down.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025
The scenic design by Lawrence E. Moten III recreates this soupy milieu so vividly that I found myself swatting away invisible mosquitoes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024
The air in the car gets soupy, and Scoob can tell the question is hitting Dad harder than Scoob realized it would.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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