soppy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite wet through and through; thoroughly wet
    sodden.
    • stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain
    • the speaker's sodden collar
    • soppy clothes
  2. adjective satellite effusively or insincerely emotional
    sentimental; schmalzy; bathetic; mushy; kitschy; hokey; slushy; soupy; maudlin; schmaltzy; mawkish; drippy.
    • a bathetic novel
    • maudlin expressions of sympathy
    • mushy effusiveness
    • a schmaltzy song
    • sentimental soap operas
    • slushy poetry

WordNet


Sop"py adjective
Definitions
  1. Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy.
    It [Yarmouth] looked rather spongy and soppy. Dickens.

Webster 1913