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
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 ingredients are cooked together in a spicy and slightly sweet gochujang-based sauce that can lean soupy or a bit thicker, depending on the recipe.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024
And besides, once I had my sad, soupy Sloppy Joe on the tray and looked out over the rest of the cafeteria, I realized it wasn’t just the basketball team divided up this way today.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
Trees are drowning as the soil becomes soupier, starving their roots of oxygen.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2023
Nearly every food mix was soupier than I'd prefer when using the serving of water suggested on the package.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2022
There are similar algorithms for a hearty bowl of dal or the soupier south-Indian version called sambar and gravies of various provenances.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2021
As a general rule, ají tends to be soupier in texture than similar fresh Mexican salsas you may be used to.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2020
Love the crisp falafel, but the soupy hummus and soupier baba ghanoush on the mezze platter make poor representatives for the Middle East.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2018
Their electronic eyes could pierce the blackest night, the soupiest fog or rain, spotting every ship, buoy, dock or shoreline.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the most important is a system of electronic beacons with which the planes can find one another, even in soupiest weather.
From Time Magazine Archive
The course is is made up of the thickest, soupiest, muck I have ever seen and it stretches for three telephone poles along one side of the High Line Road and back.
From Time Magazine Archive
The captain can order full speed through the soupiest weather.
From Time Magazine Archive
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