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   Sop·py

   /ˈsäpē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. self-indulgently sentimental: informal "I look at babies with a soppy smile on my face" Similar sentimentaloversentimentaloveremotionalmawkishcloyingsicklysaccharinesugarysugarcoatedsyrupyromantichearts-and-flowerstweeinformal:slushysloppymushyweepytear-jerkingschmaltzycutesylovey-doveygooeydrippysloshysoupytreaclycheesycornyickysick-makingtoe-curlingcornballsappyhokeythree-hankytrademark:Mills-and-Boon
   • 2. lacking spirit and strength of character; feeble: informal British "my little sisters were too soppy for our adventurous games" Similar sillyfoolishsoftfeeblenamby-pambycowardlyspinelessinformal:sissysissifieddrippywimpishwimpyweedywetdaft

   Word Origin early 19th century (in the sense ‘soaked with water’): from sop + -y1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. soppily adverb
   • 2. soppiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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