soppinessn.
/ˈsɒpɪnɪs/ 1. The state or condition of being soppy; wetness.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [noun]
saturation1732
waterloggedness1854
soddenness1883
sogginess1884
soppiness1895
squishiness1929
1895 Daily News 25 Feb. 6/7 The heavy frosts and gradual thaw had brought the grounds to a condition of absolute soppiness.
1899 Played on 38 I thought you would like to order the carriage at once, and get out of all this soppiness.
2. Mawkish sentiment, facile emotion.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun]
sentiment1747
sentimentality1770
mawkishness1796
sensiblerie1815
sentimentalism1818
sloppiness1828
morbidezza1833
milk-and-wateriness1834
maudlin1838
soothing syrup1839
emotionalism1846
stickiness1864
slop1866
mushiness1868
saccharinity1868
sympatheticism1884
hearts and flowers1911
lovey-doveyness1923
schmaltz1934
goop1950
goo1951
schmaltziness1953
gloop1957
cheesiness1963
soupiness1963
soft-centredness1967
soppiness1974
1974 I. Murdoch Sacred & Profane Love Machine 202 Harriet was..fearing tears, a kind of soppiness which might embarrass her dignified friend.
1978 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Dec. 1392/4 Soppiness vies with winsomeness in an exhibition of these postcards at the Bethnal Green Museum.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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