SOUPINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soupiness mean? 

• SOUPINESS (noun)
  The noun SOUPINESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of having the thickness of heavy cream

2. falsely emotional in a maudlin way

  Familiarity information: SOUPINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUPINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of having the thickness of heavy cream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

creaminess; soupiness

Hypernyms ("soupiness" is a kind of...):

thickness (resistance to flow)

Derivation:

soupy (having the consistency and appearance of soup)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Falsely emotional in a maudlin way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

drippiness; mawkishness; mushiness; sentimentality; sloppiness; soupiness

Hypernyms ("soupiness" is a kind of...):

emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soupiness"):

corn (something sentimental or trite)

schmaltz; schmalz; shmaltz ((Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music)

sentimentalism (a predilection for sentimentality)