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
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.