soppy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒpi/

Adjective

soppy (comparative soppier, superlative soppiest)

1. Very wet; sodden, soaked
   • 1865, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter I:

     'Goodness me!' said I to myself, 'whatever will become of sister's white satin shoes, if she has to walk about on soppy grass after such rain as this?'

2. sentimental, maudlin, bathetic, schmaltzy

Derived terms

• soppily
• soppiness

Translations

sentimental

• French: mièvre (fr)
• Greek: σαχλός (el) (sachlós)
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• Spanish: sentimentaloide, muy sentimental, sensiblero

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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مُفْرِط فِي العَاطِفِيَّة (mufriṭ fī l-ʕāṭifiyya), ^{(please verify)} صِبْيَانِيّ (ṣibyāniyy)
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Anagrams

• Yopps, popsy, psyop