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sop·py

(sŏp′ē)

adj. sop·pi·er, sop·pi·est

1. Soaked; sopping.

2. Rainy.

3. Sentimental; maudlin.

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soppy

(ˈsɒpɪ)

adj, -pier or -piest

1. wet or soggy

2. informal Brit silly or sentimental

ˈsoppily adv

ˈsoppiness n

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sop•py

(ˈsɒp i)

adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.

1. soaked or drenched.

2. rainy.

3. excessively sentimental; mawkish.

[1605–15]

sop′pi•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	soppy - wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" sodden wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	2.	soppy - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soupy, mushy, drippy emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"

soppy

adjective (Brit. informal) sentimental, corny (slang), slushy (informal), soft (informal), silly, daft (informal), weepy (informal), mawkish, drippy (informal), lovey-dovey, schmaltzy (slang), icky (informal), gushy (informal), overemotional, three-hankie (informal) She loves soppy love stories.

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soppy

adjective

1. Covered with or full of liquid:

sodden, soggy, sopping, wet.

2. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional:

bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soft.

Informal: gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy.

Slang: drippy, sappy, tear-jerking.

Translations

عَاطِفِيّ

sladký

drivende sentimental

rührselig sentimental larmoyant

σαχλός

sensiblero sentimentaloide

siirappinen

mélo

sentimentalan

svenevole inzuppato

いやにセンチメンタルな

감상적인

sentimental

มีอารมณ์อ่อนไหวมากเกินไป

aşırı duygusal

ủy mị

多愁善感的

soppy

[ˈsɒpɪ] ADJ (soppier (compar) (soppiest (superl)))

1. (= mushy) → sentimentaloide

2. (= foolish) → bobo, tonto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

soppy

[ˈsɒpi] adj (British) [person,] → fleur bleue inv; [film, book, music] → à l'eau de rose

soppy

adj (Brit inf) (= sentimental) book, song → schmalzig (inf); person → sentimental; look → schmachtend; (= effeminate) → weibisch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

soppy

[ˈsɒpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Brit) (fam) (sentimental) → sdolcinato/a; (silly) → sciocco/a

soppy

→ عَاطِفِيّ sladký drivende sentimental rührselig σαχλός sensiblero, sentimentaloide siirappinen mélo sentimentalan svenevole いやにセンチメンタルな 감상적인 sentimenteel søkkvåt ckliwy piegas слезливый sentimental มีอารมณ์อ่อนไหวมากเกินไป aşırı duygusal ủy mị 多愁善感的

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