单词 | to be soppy on |
释义 | > as lemmasto be soppy on 5. Full of mawkish sentiment; foolishly affectionate; inane, indulgent; occasionally used affectionately. Also to be soppy on, to be infatuated with (a person). colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] sugary1591 maudlina1631 mawkish1702 sickly1766 emetic1770 mawky1773 pamby1820 sentimental1823 saccharine1841 sticky1841 mushy1848 sentimentalizing1856 Christmas card1860 maumish1866 slobbery1875 namby-pamby1883 sloppy1883 slushy1889 sentimentalistic1904 marshmallowy1907 hearts and flowers1911 slobby1913 soppy1918 meltyc1921 lavender1928 saccharescent1930 schmaltzya1934 sloshy1933 gooey1935 icky1938 cheesy1943 drippy1952 soupy1953 squishy1953 saccharined1962 gloopy1965 yechy1969 yucky1970 sucky1971 yuck1971 schmoozy1976 the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] loveOE paramoura1500 to love with1597 to be sweet on (upon)1740 to be cracked about or on1874 to be stuck on1878 mash1881 to be shook on1888 to go dingy on1904 to fall for ——1906 lurve1908 to have or get a crush on1913 to be soppy on1918 to have a pash for (or on)1922 to have a case on1928 to be queer for1941 the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [adjective] > full of mawkish sentiment soppy1918 sloppy1919 sappy1928 1918 H. G. Wells Joan & Peter xi. 369 What Joan knew surely to be lovely, Highmorton denounced as ‘soppy’. ‘Soppy’ was a terrible word in boys' schools and girls' schools alike, a flail for all romance. 1920 H. G. Hibbert Playgoer's Mem. xxxi. 257 The music halls were filled up with the precipitated baseness of pantomime—the puns, the ‘unprincipalled’ boy, the soppy-sentimental heroine. 1923 C. Mackenzie Parson's Progress x. 121 Everyone will be singing for ever and ever and waving palms and playing harps and all that... I reckon Heaven's soppy, I do. 1929 H. Williamson Beautiful Years xx. 139 ‘Isn't fair, is it, man?’ ‘Hush, don't let 'em hear us. They'll think us soppy.’ 1930 ‘E. Bramah’ Little Flutter xix. 218 I may as well make up my mind that I'm soppy on the blighter. 1935 ‘G. Ingram’ Cockney Cavalcade iv. 55 A kid like that ought not to talk about love at her age, the soppy little date. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren iii. 45 They say to him ‘You're a soppy date.’ 1961 Daily Tel. 2 Dec. 1/5 Lord Parker, Lord Chief Justice, said yesterday he deplored the tendency towards ‘soppy and sentimental’ treatment of children in juvenile courts. 1974 J. Cooper Women & Super Women 16 Being photographed for the Tatler with a soppy expression on her face. 1977 New Yorker 8 Aug. 11/1 Side benefits include a Chinese Legionnaire who sings soppy Irish ballads. < as lemmas |
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