soppy

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɒpi/

Adjective

soppy (comparative soppier, superlative soppiest)

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?'
sentimental, maudlin, bathetic, schmaltzy

Derived terms

Translations

sentimental

French: mièvre (fr)
Greek: σαχλός (el) (sachlós)

Spanish: sentimentaloide, muy sentimental, sensiblero

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

Anagrams

Yopps, popsy, psyop

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