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soppysop‧py /ˈsɒpi $ ˈsɑːpi/ ●○○ adjective (comparative soppier, superlative soppiest) British English informal   soppyOrigin: 1900-2000 soppy ‘completely wet’ (19-20 centuries), from ➔ SOP1 - After a few drinks, he got all soppy and started talking about the "good old days'.
- I couldn't think of anything else so I just bought her a soppy card and some flowers.
- I was heartbroken when our dog died but I was determined not to be soppy about it.
- She never tired of listening to soppy love songs.
- Ain't Dolly a soppy name?
- Both are Hollywood-style productions, one a soppy Western, the other a slapstick item featuring a Chaplin lookalike.
- Now she knew why Magrat Garlick had always worn those soppy floppy dresses and never wore the pointy hat.
- Really we think Bob Mould and Sugar Sugar are soppy and silly.
- The show is getting as sloppy as it is soppy.
- They ranged from the sleazy to the downright soppy.
too easily influenced by emotions► sentimental someone who is sentimental is too easily affected by emotions such as sympathy, love, or sadness: · My father became increasingly sentimental as he got older and his friends died off.sentimental about: · Ramos admitted he was sentimental about his old school and was sad to see it torn down. ► sentimentality a tendency to become emotional and to enjoy feelings such as sadness, sympathy, and self-pity, especially in a way that other people think is silly: · The film is flawed by moments of melodrama and sentimentality.· He talked about his homeland with all the sentimentality of an expatriate.sentimentality about: · He has no sentimentality about firing unproductive employees, even those who have worked for the company for years. ► soppy informal someone who is soppy seems silly to other people, because they express feelings of love or sympathy too strongly: · After a few drinks, he got all soppy and started talking about the "good old days'.soppy about: · I was heartbroken when our dog died but I was determined not to be soppy about it. ► gooey British informal expressing your love for someone, especially a baby, in a way that other people think is silly: · Babies make her go all gooey. ► drama queen informal someone who becomes very excited, upset, or angry about things that are not important, especially in order to make people notice them or feel sympathy for them: · Stop being such a drama queen! It's not the end of the world! a story, film, song etc that is full of feelings of love or sadness► sentimental dealing with emotions such as love and sadness in a way that seems silly and insincere: · I quite enjoyed the movie but I thought the ending was a little sentimental.· From the living room came the sound of a deep male voice singing a sentimental ballad. ► soppy informal a song, poem etc that is soppy seems silly to people because it expresses feelings of love and sympathy too strongly but in a way that does not seem serious: · She never tired of listening to soppy love songs.· I couldn't think of anything else so I just bought her a soppy card and some flowers. ► tearjerker informal a story, play, film etc that is intended to make people feel sad and cry: · His latest movie is a typical Hollywood tearjerker. 1expressing love or emotions in a way that seems silly SYN sappy American English:  a soppy film2be soppy about somebody/something to be very fond of someone or something, in a way that seems silly to other people: She’s soppy about dogs. |