soppy
soppy
Definition
soppy (säp′ē)
adjective -·pier, -·pi·est
- very wet; sopping
- rainy
- Informal sentimental
soppy
Synonyms
soppy
modif.
Very wet
wet, drenched, soaked, drippy, drizzling, saturated, damp, muggy, watery, rainy. Sentimental
romantic, mushy, schmaltzy, maudlin.
soppy
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- too: It's not too soppy for a man, yet it's sweet enough for the most ladylike of ladies!
- all: Why didn't she go all soppy over me?
- very: Will knows one of his worst traits is his ability to fall in love fast and get very soppy whilst in love.
- quite: Maddy and Bobby We have had him 6 months now and the change in him makes me quite soppy at times.
- not: It's not soppy and is is full of quirky jokes and puns.
- incredibly: He is incredibly soppy and loves LOTS of attention!
Modifies a noun
- stuff: Thats all the soppy stuff out of the way, now lets get down to the good bits.
- song: This is a soppy song, ' suggests Meridian.
- film: You could almost make a soppy film for stupid people about all this.
- thing: You would have thought a sports center would have had a proper 25m pool instead of this soppy little thing.
- movie: They both enjoyed a soppy date movie and some reminiscences of their first impressions of each other.
- poem: You love all things fluffy and lovely, and probably enjoy romantic novels and soppy poems.
Used with adjective complement
- get: Or is that me getting soppy in my old age?
- go: Why didn't she go all soppy over me?
- feel: Love makes us feel soppy, and the parasitic memes exploit that soppiness -- living off our big brains and our romantic natures.
- sound: Although we had been together only the day before it felt like an eternity ( I know it sounds soppy!
