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Soppy (Adjective)

Meaning 1

Wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

  • The tourists trudged through the city streets, their soppy shoes squelching with every step.
  • The flowers in the garden were a sad sight, their petals hanging limply from the soppy stems.
  • After falling into the puddle, the child stood up with a soppy mess of clothes clinging to her legs.
  • The dog ran into the house, shaking its soppy fur and spraying water everywhere.
  • The speaker's soppy notes were barely legible, having been ruined by the sudden downpour.

Synonyms

  • Sodden

Meaning 2

Effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

  • She loves romantic comedies with happily ever afters but isn't really a fan of the soppy parts.
  • The charity's soppy advertisements did not resonate with many viewers and were seen as overly sentimental.
  • His friends teased him about the soppy love poems he wrote to his girlfriend.
  • The sentimentality was so overpowering that it became laughable and made the whole thing feel soppy.
  • The soppy love song playing on the radio was so cheesy that it made me cringe.

Synonyms

  • Schmaltzy
  • Sappy
  • Hokey
  • Maudlin
  • Soupy
  • Drippy
  • Slushy
  • Bathetic
  • Kitschy
  • Mushy
  • Sentimental
  • Mawkish
  • Schmalzy
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