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Definition of soppy in English: soppyadjectivesoppier, soppiest ˈsɒpiˈsɑpi British informal 1Self-indulgently sentimental. 〈英，非正式〉自作多情的；多愁善感的 I look at babies with a soppy smile on my face 我看着婴儿们，脸上露出自作多情的微笑。 Example sentencesExamples - You love all things fluffy and lovely, and probably enjoy romantic novels and soppy poems.
- What threatens to be merely a soppy love story among the wagons and petticoats becomes something more dramatic.
- As a soppy old romantic I didn't mind who got the girl as long as Arthur got his cup of tea.
- You could do soppy romantic things like that and people would just roll their eyes at you and leave you be.
- And you're not the only soppy romantic around here.
- It is clever without being slick, sentimental without being soppy.
- I was like some girl in a movie theatre, watching this heart-breakingly sad moment in a soppy romantic movie and wanting to stop the moment.
- The lifeboat fund can well do without such soppy sentiments.
- Having started off writing formulaic commercial fiction, soppy stories for women's magazines, she now begins each novel knowing little more than how she wants it to feel.
- And with that unfocused and slightly soppy sentiment, I'm off to bed.
- You don't have to sit in the full lotus position with a soppy smile on your face.
- But after they'd proved to each other they weren't soppy romantics, they admitted there was more to the story.
- There's no story; no soppy lyrics; it's not exploitative or nasty; it's closer to circus, but with simpler tricks and better music.
- If you're soppy and sentimental you may like it; but otherwise, I wouldn't bother.
- I come clean in admitting I am a soppy sentimentalist at heart.
- He was bold, outrageous, witty, shocking and sympathetic without being the least bit soppy or sentimental.
- Without getting all soppy about it, we've been a great story for football, haven't we?
- He wanted to tell her that, soppy and sickeningly sentimental as it sounded, he'd have missed her more than words could entirely express.
- I thought it was going to be some soppy 1930's romantic comedy and while it wasn't exactly Kafka it was better than I was expecting.
- The message is a bit soppy, but most of the story isn't.
Synonyms sentimental, over-sentimental, overemotional, mawkish, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugar-coated, syrupy romantic, hearts-and-flowers British twee informal slushy, sloppy, mushy, weepy, tear-jerking, schmaltzy, cutesy, lovey-dovey, gooey, drippy, sloshy, soupy, treacly, cheesy, corny, icky, sick-making, toe-curling North American informal cornball, sappy, hokey, three-hanky trademark Mills-and-Boon 2Lacking spirit and strength of character; feeble. 无精打采的；愚蠢的；微弱的 my little sisters were too soppy for our adventurous games 我的小妹妹们身体太弱，不宜参加我们冒险性的游戏。 Example sentencesExamples - Some story threads are underdeveloped, and Emily's soppy character is wisely ditched early on.
- I feel it is very insulting to be treated as a silly, soppy older woman.
Synonyms silly, foolish, soft, feeble, namby-pamby, cowardly, spineless informal sissy, sissified, drippy, wimpish, wimpy, weedy, daft British informal wet
Derivativesadverb Wilde's biting dialogue is the perfect antidote to the sentimentality that a film about love, secrets and betrayal can so rarely avoid, but you'll still find yourself smiling soppily in the darkness. Example sentencesExamples - Still, while somewhat soppily sentimental, the love story worked and showed real people rather than two stars acting.
- Abdul, whom I also mentioned in my last post, has daughters of around three and five, and is soppily in love with both of them; I can't believe he wants them to be killed in any way.
- The lovestruck animals immediately gave up their nest-hopping and turned soppily monogamous, becoming doting and inseparable partners.
- It has a more accomplished all-round harder sound about it and is less soppily sentimental than most of the others.
noun ˈsɒpɪnəsˈsɑpinəs I sometimes wonder whether I would have been the success I became if my mother had been what I wanted her to be, which was full of praise and soppiness. Example sentencesExamples - Warning: when it happens, there will be soppiness.
- The spaghetti and cheese soaked up a lot of the soppiness of the sauce, but it was still soupier than it should have been.
- Apologies for the overt soppiness of this tone.
- Don't worry, this soppiness will soon pass - underneath, I'm still the same old cynical cow I always have been.
OriginEarly 19th century (in the sense 'soaked with water'): from sop + -y1. Rhymeschoppy, copy, floppy, jalopy, moppy, poppy, sloppy, stroppy Definition of soppy in US English: soppyadjectiveˈsäpēˈsɑpi informal 1Self-indulgently sentimental. 〈英，非正式〉自作多情的；多愁善感的 I look at babies with a soppy smile on my face 我看着婴儿们，脸上露出自作多情的微笑。 Example sentencesExamples - If you're soppy and sentimental you may like it; but otherwise, I wouldn't bother.
- I come clean in admitting I am a soppy sentimentalist at heart.
- Without getting all soppy about it, we've been a great story for football, haven't we?
- He wanted to tell her that, soppy and sickeningly sentimental as it sounded, he'd have missed her more than words could entirely express.
- You could do soppy romantic things like that and people would just roll their eyes at you and leave you be.
- He was bold, outrageous, witty, shocking and sympathetic without being the least bit soppy or sentimental.
- You don't have to sit in the full lotus position with a soppy smile on your face.
- The message is a bit soppy, but most of the story isn't.
- And you're not the only soppy romantic around here.
- You love all things fluffy and lovely, and probably enjoy romantic novels and soppy poems.
- It is clever without being slick, sentimental without being soppy.
- What threatens to be merely a soppy love story among the wagons and petticoats becomes something more dramatic.
- There's no story; no soppy lyrics; it's not exploitative or nasty; it's closer to circus, but with simpler tricks and better music.
- The lifeboat fund can well do without such soppy sentiments.
- I was like some girl in a movie theatre, watching this heart-breakingly sad moment in a soppy romantic movie and wanting to stop the moment.
- As a soppy old romantic I didn't mind who got the girl as long as Arthur got his cup of tea.
- I thought it was going to be some soppy 1930's romantic comedy and while it wasn't exactly Kafka it was better than I was expecting.
- Having started off writing formulaic commercial fiction, soppy stories for women's magazines, she now begins each novel knowing little more than how she wants it to feel.
- But after they'd proved to each other they weren't soppy romantics, they admitted there was more to the story.
- And with that unfocused and slightly soppy sentiment, I'm off to bed.
Synonyms sentimental, over-sentimental, overemotional, mawkish, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugar-coated, syrupy 2British Lacking spirit and strength of character; feeble. 无精打采的；愚蠢的；微弱的 my little sisters were too soppy for our adventurous games 我的小妹妹们身体太弱，不宜参加我们冒险性的游戏。 Example sentencesExamples - Some story threads are underdeveloped, and Emily's soppy character is wisely ditched early on.
- I feel it is very insulting to be treated as a silly, soppy older woman.
Synonyms silly, foolish, soft, feeble, namby-pamby, cowardly, spineless
OriginEarly 19th century (in the sense ‘soaked with water’): from sop + -y. |