soppy

Adjective
US[sop-ee]/ˈsɑpi/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)soppier, soppiest

  1. wet through and through; thoroughly wet“stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain”“the speaker's sodden collar”“soppy clothes”Synonyms: soddenOpposite drySimilar wet
  2. effusively or insincerely emotional“a bathetic novel”“maudlin expressions of sympathy”“mushy effusiveness”“a schmaltzy song”“sentimental soap operas”“slushy poetry”Synonyms: batheticdrippyhokeymaudlinmawkishkitschymushyschmaltzyschmalzysentimentalsappysoupyslushyOpposite unemotionalSimilar emotional
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Sop′py adjective

Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy.

It [Yarmouth] looked rather spongy and soppy.— Charles Dickens

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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