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Synonyms for soppy

  • adjective

Most common

mushy maudlin mawkish schmaltzy wet sodden

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Sappy — overly sentimental, maudlin, schmaltzy

sappy US, mawkish, maudlin, mushy, schmaltzy, sentimental, treacly, slushy, drippy, gooey informal, hokey informal US, kitschy, soupy, bathetic, syrupy, icky informal, oversentimental

2. Sodden — very wet; sodden, soaked

sodden, wet, soggy, drenched, soaked, waterlogged, saturated

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Very wet; sodden, soaked.

  2. adj. 2

    Overly sentimental, maudlin, schmaltzy.

    Listen, those men will only turn soppy and puppy-dog eyed as soon as your turn to leave.

Example sentences

  • mushy The candy I had in my bag went mushy in the heat.
  • maudlin Tom always gets maudlin when he's on the booze.
  • wet Wet and stormy areas will get wetter and stormier.
  • sodden The way, sodden with rain, was extremely slippery.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
soppyrising
mushyrising
maudlinrising
mawkishsteady
schmaltzyrising
wetsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
wet1
4 letters
icky
5 letters
soggy2, mushy2, gooey2, sappy, hokey2, soupy2
6 letters
soaked1, slushy, syrupy, sodden2, drippy
7 letters
maudlin2, kitschy, mawkish2, treacly
8 letters
drenched1, bathetic
9 letters
saturated4, schmaltzy
11 letters
sentimental4, waterlogged3
15 letters
oversentimental

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (soggy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
mièvre
Italiano
sdolcinato
Deutsch
rührselig