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SOUPY (soupier, soupiest)
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Irregular inflected forms: soupier , soupiest
, soupiest Dictionary entry overview: What does soupy mean?
• SOUPY (adjective)
The adjective SOUPY has 2 senses:
1. having the consistency and appearance of soup
2. effusively or insincerely emotional
Familiarity information: SOUPY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: soupier
Superlative: soupiest
Superlative: soupiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the consistency and appearance of soup
Context example:
a soupy fog
Similar:
thick (relatively dense in consistency)
Derivation:
soupiness (the property of having the thickness of heavy cream)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Synonyms:
bathetic; drippy; hokey; kitschy; maudlin; mawkish; mushy; sappy; schmaltzy; schmalzy; sentimental; slushy; soppy; soupy
Context example:
slushy poetry
Similar:
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
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